Dream+Report+Card


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

|| ==**GRADE **== || **RATIONALE WITH STATISTICS **  || **COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS ** || 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
 * **TOPIC ** 
 * **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 ||
 * **<span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">Employment ** <span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">

Number of employed / unemployed, types of jobs, business ownership || =<span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">B - = || * <span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">In all of the races and groups the employment rate has gone almost every year since 1980. Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment || =<span style="color: rgb(43, 17, 223);">C+ = || * <span style="color: rgb(43, 17, 223);">Ages 7-13 has the highest education rate. Average income, number below poverty level || =<span style="color: rgb(30, 215, 25);">D+ = || * <span style="color: rgb(30, 215, 25);">The income is getting higher.
 * <span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">The average white male and females employment rate is much higher then the average African Americans.
 * <span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">However the average African Americans employment rate is higher then the average hispanic american.
 * <span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">Also in almost all of the races males have a higher employment rate then females. || * <span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">Advertise jobs more to the unemployed.
 * <span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">Make more jobs to be done.
 * <span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">Higher more people.
 * <span style="color: rgb(228, 81, 12);">Even though the rates grew and got better. They are still varied by race and gender. ||
 * **<span style="color: rgb(43, 17, 223);">Education ** <span style="color: rgb(43, 17, 223);">
 * <span style="color: rgb(43, 17, 223);">Ages 30-34 have the lowest education rate.
 * <span style="color: rgb(43, 17, 223);">Ages 16-17 and 18-19 have a very small difference in education rate. They have almost the same numbers. || * <span style="color: rgb(43, 17, 223);">The education rate is surprisingly low.
 * <span style="color: rgb(43, 17, 223);">The education rate is getting higher but it is not as good as it could be. ||
 * **<span style="color: rgb(30, 215, 25);">Income and Poverty ** <span style="color: rgb(30, 215, 25);">
 * <span style="color: rgb(30, 215, 25);">White has the highest income rate, asian has the second highest, Hispanic's have the third highest, then blacks have the fourth.
 * <span style="color: rgb(30, 215, 25);">All races combined, there are only 1,366 that make over 250,000. || * <span style="color: rgb(30, 215, 25);">The income rates vary a lot.
 * <span style="color: rgb(30, 215, 25);">The average white american makes a lot more money then the average African American.
 * <span style="color: rgb(30, 215, 25);">The rates are growing closer every year though. ||