African Americans, Hispanics, Caucasians, and Asian Americans are all primary examples of racial groups. Some of these groups are in the majority, mainly meaning the whites, while others are in the definite minority in the United States, such as African Americans. Statistics show drastic differences concerning population percentage between these particular groups. For example, in terms of percentage of total population, in 1990, whites made up 80.3% of the population, while African Americans made up only a mere 12.1%.... With an average salary of under $7,500 a year, high ma...

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The white population was vastly outnumbered by the blacks, but the whites were able to keep control of the countries' economy and politics. In 1978, South African blacks made up about eighty percent of the nation's population but only owned thirteen percent of the land and contained a share of under twenty percent of the national income. ... Board of Education supreme court ruling in 1957 which forced desegregation of American schools, there was much controversy over the extent that blacks should be allowed into white-American culture. ... The white Americans had alway...

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I used to hear some of my black friends talk about "how hard it is to be a black man in America." ... Kinloch, coined Missouri's first black city, was eventually comprised and controlled entirely by African-Americans (Wright). ... Racial isolation is often defined by a 90/10 rule representing that a block's population is made up of ninety percent like-raced residents and ten percent of another race. Thirty percent of black Americans live in all-black neighborhoods (Gillmor). ... Whether we like it or not we are a divided people, and yet we have the nerve to call ourselves the "Un...

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Instead of treating minorities like equals, it treats them like they are better than other members of the population and puts white males in a disadvantage like the minorities once were. ... A 1995 report released by the university said that "9.7 percent of all applicants were African-Americans. ... The average grade point average for an accepted African-American student was 3.66 with an SAT score of 1030." These statistics demonstrate the reverse discrimination against white college applicants due to affirmative action. ... In 1860, only 15% of American women were in the paid labor force. ...

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