Statistics show that seven percent of African-American women worked in jobs that paid at or below federal minimum wage in 2011. ... The wage gap has had dramatic effects against women of color, making it almost impossible to pay for responsibilities like bills, food, and living necessities. ...
The Cosby show was a television sitcom about an upper middle-class African American family living in Brooklyn, New York. ... When people found out where my family lived, they would look at us differently, I guess because a lot of people were not use to seeing African Americans living in the suburbs, even in the mid-nineties. ... In a way he was a stay at home father, because his practice was below their home. ...
One third of African American families fell below the poverty level and black unemployment was at a rate of 30 to 40 percent, two and half times as much as whites. ... During the 20's and 80's African Americans were treated poorly, deprived of proper living conditions, education and labor. ...
While in his first year of College he lived in the dormitory alone because of segregation laws that were still in effect but Paul used this to his advantage because living by himself he was able to focus more on his studies. ... Paul could get along with the upper class whites who often thought that they were superior to him (though Paul was often more educated than them) and he could also get along with the blacks on his level and the blacks that were below his social level. ...
Although the average person living in the united states many only acknowledge the basic ones, i.e. ... In the graph below, the other ethnic groups found in the United Sates only make up 6.3% of the entire population. When applied to the magazine industry, cultural background can influence every aspect of the product. ...
The Dream Yet to be Realized. Almost fifty years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court declared, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that laws separating the races in school are unconstitutional. Hundreds of lawsuits later, black and white students were bused back and forth to desegregated schools in cities across the United States. ...
