Racial segregation makes people of color have major social economic differences because society wants to separate people of color from the wealthier people. The lack of attention that society has put on the differences of color in the Hispanic/Latino community, have affected colored people in the way they look and their skin color. There are a lot of people who believe that darker skin people have less value as a person than light skin people because of the way society sees them. As the Latino population eventually grows future wise, there should be mental help groups who can assist the Latino community when in need. The focus of the psychological literature helps the Latino community to identify their differences such as, where Latinos originated different cultures, and the stages of ethnic and racial self-identification.
Another important aspect in closing the racial wealth gap that exist between African households in comparison to white households is income. According to the article, The Roots of the Widening Racial Wealth Gap: Explaining the Black-White Economic Divide: “national, state, and local levels, including raising the minimum wage, enforcing equal pay provisions, and strengthening employer-based retirement plans and other benefits.”(). Increasing minimum wage allow individuals to increase their disposable income which will also encourage individuals to save more. Also, enforcing employer-based retirement plans and benefits can allow individuals to have an income to sustain themselves when they are exiting the work force. Also, bring back and funding
Racial equalities are when people of tied to poverty and tied to race, possibly even more than in other Eastern North Carolina rural communities where blacks and Latinos typically experience higher rates of poverty than their white counterparts. Overall, black and Latino residents of North Carolina are much more likely to live in poverty than white North Carolinians. In the state, 27.7 percent of African-Americans live in poverty, while 34 percent of Latinos do, according to an analysis by the N.C. Budget and Tax Center. Less than 12 percent of the state’s white population lives in poverty. Those rates go up even higher for children
The most important of the vast privileges today’s generation of America has in my opinion are freedom and choice. Of course none of these would’ve been possible without blood, sweat, and tears from our soldiers. America has more than enough gifts to offer for everyone ranging from rich to poor and good to bad. Schools are great and have many advantages that other countries lack. Our veterans have given us everything we need and more so the vast majority of us can be successful.
Income inequality is a global issue that need to be addressed and is a threat to the individuals or household with low income. In today’s world the rich are becoming rich while the poor are deteriorating and going below the poverty line. To me, imposing high income taxes would not bring an immediate solution only that, it accelerates the burden. Because the higher the tax rate, the higher the rate of poverty subjected to the low income individuals. Due to that, the government should provide quality education to the citizens so that they become self-reliant in the future and experience high living standards.
Income Inequality Income Inequality or “wage gap” is a big topic for freedom fighters and liberals for the simple fact that it isn’t equal for everyone. Because the wage gap is so prominent it's one of the biggest “facts” that discrimination is still apart of everyday American society. The wage gap from these radical interest groups think the economy is get a dollar take a dollar instead of a free flow economy. This misguided idea of the economy is absolutely not true and isn’t at the fault of the Government, but the people.
The government of the United States has taught and interpreted the idea of race onto its citizens. Race is not something that we are born with but instead we are taught who to discriminate against. Burgett and Hendler (2014a) state that race has established, “who may be property, and who are citizens, and among the latter who get to vote and who do not, who are protected by law and who are not, who have access and privilege and who are (to be) marginalized” (p. 208). The success of the United States as a nation can be attributed to the work of slaves. “[As stated by Bush], ‘the very people traded into slavery helped to set America free through their struggle of injustice’”
In recent times, the subject of health disparities has attracted a lot of attention through the media report in both local and national level.in this essay, the health condition of African American will be discussed in this in the following areas as their health status, barriers to health, diverse population and disparities, and health promotion approach to improving this situation. Health Status: According to the 2014 National Health Interview Survey, 13.5% of all African Americans have less than average health (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014a). Averagely, the African-American have higher prevalence of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension compared to the national ratio. Further study reveals that 48
Many people believe that segregation has been around for forever, but it is actually a phenomenon of the 20th century (Denton, 1996). Loan lending discrimination for housing is still practiced in our society, even though it is illegal, causing increases in neighborhood segregation. For example, when White neighborhoods reach a “trigger point” for Blacks moving into the neighborhood, they move out, which subsequently perpetuates continued segregation. A study conducted in 2000 found racial residential segregation to be attributable to approximately 176,000 deaths (Galea et al., 2011). Neighborhood segregation increases the amount of minorities that live in neighborhoods that limit socioeconomic mobility by limiting access to high quality education and higher education preparation (Williams et al., 2010); neighborhood segregation also makes it more difficult for residents to adhere to healthy behaviors due to the higher costs and lower quality of healthy foods, increased advertising for tobacco and alcohol, and lack of environmental structures for physical activity (Williams et al, 2010).
These factors contribute to a persistent gap in earnings and wealth between racial groups, with Black and Hispanic communities being disproportionately
For this assignment, I selected three articles; one each from Forbes and The Economist, and an article from the “Opposing Viewpoints in Context” section of Gale, written by Sisi Zhang. These pieces all speak to the same theme: racial wealth inequality is real and is exacerbated by poor education, increased incarceration, and public policy. Over the last thirty years, the wealth of the average white family has increased much more than that of the average black or Latino family. For example, between 1983 and 2010, the average wealth of white families rose from $184,000 to $1.1 million, whereas those numbers are much less impressive for blacks and Hispanics.
A problem I would like to solve is the prevalent racial inequality in the United States today. African Americans and Hispanics are the most underserved racial groups in American society. About 45% of African Americans and 46% of Hispanics live in episodic poverty (defined as poverty lasting less than three years). Over 15% of African Americans are unemployed, and they make up 40% of the prison population in America. This is a shocking statistic, as only 13% of the United States ' population is African American.
In my paper, I would like to briefly address the factors that created and perpetuate these disparities, such as socioeconomic status and racism in society.
Race difference due to lack of education “On average ( Negroes/ blacks/African-Americans) have worse jobs, income, and housing than white people. Do you think these differences are: Because most (Negros/Black/African-Americans) don’t have the chance for education that it takes to rise out of poverty?” The dependant variable, race differences due to lack of education, was chosen because of my personal desire to become a teacher in socially impoverished areas. I truly believe the quality of education that one receives is one of the most important factors for an individual in a society. Therefore, the racial difference due to lack of education can be used as an indicator for an individual’s well being.
Poverty is when you cannot afford to pay for the basic needs, or limited income, such as you earn less than $5 a day. The concentrated poverty is when more than 30% to 40% of people living in the area is extremely or highly –poverty (lecture – exam review). The difference between poverty in general and concentrated poverty is not large, as the concentrated poverty is only a region with the percentage of the poor population is greater than 30% based on the US census. Based on the definition of hyper-segregated mentioning in question 1, when a metropolitan area become a segregation city, it will lead that area too many social problems and especially the concentrated poverty. The reason for that is because segregation means that people with same
