USA Inequalities

Question 0

What did the gov bring in to deal w the inequalities in education? What does it do?

Answer 0

-the SOAR act (Scholarships for Opportunity And Results)
-provides scholarships to kids from underprivileged backgrounds to attend private school or higher edu
(Usually EMs)

Question 1

What percent of Yale and Harvard students were AA?

Answer 1

Yale 7%

Harvard 10.8%

Question 2

Evaluation of government response to education?

Answer 2

Pros

• resulted in the doubling or tripling of No. of EM applications
• unis more representative

Cons

• some say outdated policy
• causes racial pref and discrim of professors

Question 3

What is the inequality in housing?

Answer 3

EMs have a much lower percentage of owning their house.

Question 4

What percent of whites / AAs own their house?

Answer 4

Whites 74.9%

AAs 47.5%

Question 5

What was the gov response to inequalities in housing?

Answer 5

• The Housing And Economic Recovery Act

- made $300b available to help,people buy their house

Question 6

Evaluation of gov response to housing

Answer 6

Made very little difference

Question 7

What is the inequalities in immigration?

Answer 7

EMs don’t have the same opportunities as whites

Question 8

What percent of immigrant use some form of welfare?

Answer 8

33%

Question 9

What was the gov response to inequalities in immigration?

Answer 9

-They tightened control along Mexican border

Question 10

Evaluation of gov response to immigration inequalities?

Answer 10

• Creates racial tension and racial profiling in minority areas
• Police can now check the backgrounds of people coming into US

Question 11

What is the inequalities in Crime?

Answer 11

EMs are more likely to be involved with, be victims of, or be prosecuted of crime

Question 12

Blacks make up –% of general population but –% or prison population.

Answer 12

13%

44%

Question 13

What was the gov response to crime inequalities?

Answer 13

Gang prevention, suspension and intervention act 2009

Question 14

Evaluation of gov response on crime?

Answer 14

• overall reduced no. of gangs/ gang members

- they hope it’ll reduce no. of EMs in prison

Question 15

What is the inequality in income?

Answer 15

AAs have the lowest income and highest unemployment

Question 16

Black income?

Whit income?

Answer 16

B $33,000

W $57,000

Question 17

What was the gov response to income inequalities?

Answer 17

• Just after the recession TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) was introduced.
• Recovery Act 2000

Question 18

Evaluation of gov response to income inequalities?

Answer 18

• lots claimed it
• since recession, no. of people claiming it has dropped

-RA 2009: very effective, created 1.6m jobs

Question 19

What is the inequality in health?

Answer 19

EMs have poorer health care

Question 20

What is the infant mortality rate of EMs compared to whites?

Answer 20

EM- 13.9 of 1000

W- 5.8 of 1000

Question 21

What percent of Hispanics are uninsured (medically) compared to whites?

Answer 21

H- 34%

W- 10%

Question 22

What was the gov response to health inequalities?

Answer 22

• introduced Medicaid, gov funded health insurgence policy for poorer families
• The patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Question 23

Evaluation of gov response to health?

Answer 23

O- extends health insurgence to some of the 15% of the population that don’t have it.

Employers (with more than 50 employees) have to help w costs though, costing businesses money