Fighting discriminations Flashcards
Unemployment rate among black people
Twice higher
During the 1970s, the percentage of black households in the top 20% of the income distribution changed
It nearly doubled
The unemployment rate for people with no school diploma
Black : 20%
White : 10%
Diabetics
Black : 20%
White : 5%
The Great Gatsby curve
The relationship between inequality and mobility : the more inequalities, the lower the mobility and the harder to climb the social ladder
The persistence in the advantages/disadvantages of income passed from parents to their children
Will rise by 25% for the next generation
Why ? Because of the rise in inequality
Black workers earn less than white in similar jobs
12%
Whites and Asians are more than ? as likely to hold a bachelor’s degree as blacks and Latinos
Twice
Walter Scott
shot in the back multiple times and killed by a white police officer.
Scene filmed, the officer cannot plead self-defense.
It fuels one more time the national debate over police tactics.