Fighting discriminations Flashcards

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Unemployment rate among black people

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Twice higher

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During the 1970s, the percentage of black households in the top 20% of the income distribution changed

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It nearly doubled

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The unemployment rate for people with no school diploma

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Black : 20%

White : 10%

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Diabetics

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Black : 20%

White : 5%

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The Great Gatsby curve

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The relationship between inequality and mobility : the more inequalities, the lower the mobility and the harder to climb the social ladder

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The persistence in the advantages/disadvantages of income passed from parents to their children

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Will rise by 25% for the next generation

Why ? Because of the rise in inequality

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Black workers earn less than white in similar jobs

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12%

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Whites and Asians are more than ? as likely to hold a bachelor’s degree as blacks and Latinos

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Twice

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Walter Scott

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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.

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