Causes Of Socio Economic Inequality

Question 1

Education

Underfunded Schools

Answer 1

Not as much tax money, less money for schools

Schools in poorer areas spend on average $6000 less on every pupil

Question 2

Poverty

Discrimination

Answer 2

22% of African Americans live in poverty compared to 13% of white Americans

Question 3

Poverty

Illegal immigration

Answer 3

No social security number so can’t work legally and have to work illegally on farms for less than minimum wage

Question 4

Housing

Answer 4

African Americans are less likely to own their own home, more likely to be homeless and more likely to live in sub standard inner city housing