The Economic and Educational State of Black Americans in the 21st Century: Should We be Optimistic or Concerned?

This report presents an overview of the economic and educational status of black Americans. In addition to summarizing blacks' current economic condition, long-term trends are also presented. The purpose of this report is to highlight information that will accentuate the magnitude of the black...

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Published in:The Review of Black political economy 2010-09, Vol.37 (3-4), p.241-252
Main Author: Harris, Angel L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
21st century
African Americans
Blacks
Censuses
Children & youth
Consciousness
Economic Conditions
Economic growth
Economic inequality
Economic Policy
Economics
Economics and Finance
Education
Equality
Family income
Home ownership
Households
Inequality
Management
Middle class
Political Science
Population
Poverty
Presidents
Public policy
Race
Race relations
Racial inequality
Social conditions
Social disadvantage
Socioeconomic status
Sociology
Trends
Twenty First Century
U.S.A
White people
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Summary:This report presents an overview of the economic and educational status of black Americans. In addition to summarizing blacks' current economic condition, long-term trends are also presented. The purpose of this report is to highlight information that will accentuate the magnitude of the black socioeconomic disadvantage. My goal is to generate discussion about policies in which people have an awareness of the scale and time it will take to address racial inequality. Therefore, this report is more descriptive than prescriptive. To help facilitate thinking about potential policy directions, economic patterns are shown across various presidential administrations.
ISSN:0034-6446
1936-4814
DOI:10.1007/s12114-010-9065-z