MLK's+Dream?

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


 * **TOPIC** ||  || ==****GRADE****== || **RATIONALE WITH STATISTICS** ||   || **COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS** ||

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- ||   || -In 2004, 66% of whites were employed, while 63% of African Americans and 68% of Latinos were employed. These numbers are compared to whites having a 64% employment rate, African Americans having a 61% employment rate, and a 64% employment rate for Latinos in 1980. -Overall, the employment rate has gone up, however there is little diversity in top paying jobs. -On average, Asians make more money per week than whites, blacks, or hispanics. ||  || -For high paying jobs, encourage employers to hire people with diverse backgrounds. -Set up incentive programs for businesses to have racial diversity within their company. ||
 * **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**

Graduation rates, test scores, college enrollment, educational attainment ||  || B ||   || -In 2003, 58% of hispanics, 57% of blacks, and 66% of whites were enrolled in college. -About 3% of whites drop out of high school, 4% of blacks, and 7% of hispanics. -There is a huge percentage difference between whites, blacks, and hispanics in terms of getting additional degrees from college. Just for the most basic additional degree, a bachelors degree, 73% of whites earned them in 2003, while only 9% of blacks and 6% of hispanics earned it. ||  || -Create incentives for colleges to enroll racially diverse students. -Make it easier for people to enroll in college and to get a college education. ||
 * **Education**

Average income, number below poverty level ||  || B- ||   || - In 2003, the current income for whites was $45,631, for blacks it was $29,645, for hispanics it was $32,997 - The percent distribution of money income in families is .7% for Hispanics, 2.0% for whites, and .3% for blacks - The median household income for whites is around $48,784, blacks is $30,173 -In 2003, the median income overall for blacks is around $21,986, for whites is around $30,732, and hispanics is around $21,053 -With all ages: 25.5% of blacks are under the poverty level, 8.8% of whites are under the poverty level and 13.3% in total. ||  || - Try to have a diverse group of people working at jobs -Try to encourage people to work there way up to higher roles in the company they work in ||
 * **Income and Poverty**

- Since the 1960's, many blacks have been in the government and we now have a black president which is a big step - Though some people are bias on race others accept all races without any hesitation ||  || - Encourage to have people working together with all different races - Treat everyone as equals- people of all races ||
 * **Behavior** ||  || B/B+ ||   || - Some people say that there still is lingering racism, half of blacks say that they have been denied service of something because of there race