DreamReportCard


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

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 Number of employed / unemployed, types of jobs, business ownership || B || -The percentage of employed white people was 46.3, the percentage of employed african americans was 10.7%, 4.3% of Asian are employed, and 12.9 percent of hispanics were employed. -A high percentage of latin americans are employed in the service industry, the production industry, and even higher in natural resources, construction, and maintenance. - African Americans have the highest percentage of unemployment, 10.4%, but the percentage of unemployed Asian Americans (4.4) is even lower than the number of unemployed white people (4.8), the percentage of unemployed latin americans is 7%. This shows us that african americans have the toughest time receiving or keeping jobs. ||  || Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment || C+ || -Though the number of students currently enrolled seems to be going up, the number is still extremely low compared to the white population of enrollment. -Hispanic and African American people ages 35+ years have an extremely low number of people that were/are enrolled in school. -The number of hispanic high school graduates is 30% less than white and african americans, and the number of college graduates of latin americans is almost half of that of white and african american. -In 2004, the percentage of african americans and latin americans that graduated from college were both in the teens, whereas the number of white people that graduated from college was the double of that. The number of white and african american high school graduates were almost the same (white- 85-86, black- 80-81%), but latin americans have a percentage was 57-59%. -in 2003, the number of white dropouts surpassed the number of black dropouts! but the number of hispanic dropouts surpassed the number of white dropouts by 1.1 percent. ||  || Average income, number below poverty level ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **TOPIC** || ==**GRADE**== || **RATIONALE WITH STATISTICS** || **COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS** ||
 * **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 ||
 * **Employment**
 * **Education**
 * **Income and Poverty**
 * **Behavior** ||  ||   ||   ||