Dream+Report+Card

 **Has Martin Luther King Jr.'s "dream" been realized?**

Civil Rights laws, affirmative action laws, representation in state and federal government, voting statistics || =**B**= || * Civil Rights laws have been passed and enforced by the government Number of employed / unemployed, types of jobs, business ownership || A || * All races are pretty much equal in the participation rate - all around 66% Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment || C || * The enrollment rate has gone up for all races about 5% Average income, number below poverty level || C- || * Most blacks make under 10,000 a year
 * **TOPIC** || ==**GRADE**== || **RATIONALE WITH STATISTICS** || **COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS** ||
 * **Legislation and Politics**
 * While the number of African Americans and Hispanics in the government is not near the percentage of population, the numbers are increasing every year
 * We have an African American president
 * African Americans vote at nearly the same rate as the average population, but Hispanics are much lower (average around 60% registering, African American 58%, Hispanic 28%) || * Encourage minorities to continue to become active in politics, possibly through schools
 * Push for voter registration drives and voter eductaion in the Hispanic community, possibly with bilingual voting ballots ||
 * **Employment**
 * Some higher scale jobs are mostly occupied by whites but otherwise the job opportunities are equal for all races.
 * The unemployment rates are higher for African Americans than Whites. || * Make higher scale jobs more appealing for other races than white
 * Encourage the unemployed to become employed ||
 * **Education**
 * Enrollment has gone up by the thousands
 * The white enrollment rate and numbers are much higher compared to blacks and hispanics - 43,000 to 8,000
 * The total high school graduate percentage has gone up
 * College graduates have gone up for all races - 9.7% to 29.4% for whites and 2.8% to 16.6% for blacks
 * Hispanics have a low graduation rate from 7.8% to 11% || * Encourage more blacks and hispanics to finish college and enroll in high school
 * Lower education rates to have more people enroll in school across the board ||
 * **Income and Poverty**
 * Whites, hispanics and asians make 50,000 to 75,000 a year
 * Over all Whites make more than any other race
 * Income has risen for all races - 18,684 to 45,631 for whites, 10,764 to 29,645 for blacks, 38,450 to 55,699 for asians and 22,330 to 32,997 for hispanics || * Offer higher paying jobs to hispanics and blacks
 * lower tax rates for blacks / hispanics
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