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 || B || Over the years, the amount (in millions) has increased from 10.9 million African Americans being employed (1980) to 16.6 million (2004) and is estimated to rise to 19.9 million in 2012. That's a very large increase over a short amount of time of 20 years. Also, there has been an increase of elected African Americans by Office from 1970 to 2001. In 1970, there were only 1,469, while in 2001 there were 9,061. Just think of how high that number is now! However, African Americans have less jobs than females do. This shows that the women's civil rights movement turned out to be more successful than the African American civil rights. Kind of deep, isn't it? || Push for inter-ratial campaigns in/at certain occupations.
 * **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 increasinUnit8ZackS09 - Dream Report Cardg 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**

Offer more equal benefits to African Americans that most white Americans have. || Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment || C || African American education has increased from 8,251,000 (1980) to 10,971,000 (2003).
 * **Education**

White education has been over 47,000,000 in those years.

The percent of African Americans receiving a high school degree has gone up 60.5 percent in the last 40 years, and in the last 40 years, the percentage of an African American receiving a college education has gone up 14.5 percent.

The percentage of white people receiving a high school degree has never been under 40 and the percentage of white people receiving a college degree was never under 8 percent. || Encourage more benefits for African American families who have children enrolled in some sort of school.

Push for equal school rights in all schools for all races. || Average income, number below poverty level || B || The median income in current dollars for African Americans has gone from 10,764 (1980) to 29,645 (2003).
 * **Income and Poverty**

The median income in constant dollars for African Americans has gone from 22,760 (1980) to 29,645 (2003).

The income in current dollars for white people has never been below 18,000 and the income in constant dollars has never been below 39,000. || Offer more benefits/"surprises" for African American families/individuals in their paychecks

Have special discounts on African American bills ||
 * **Behavior** ||  || The race of African Americans as of 2000 was 34,658,190.

The race of white people as of 2000 was 211,460,626. || Uh...encourage more African American families to have children? ||