Re:The Unemployment Rate for People Like You
by DougBTX on Saturday November 07, 2009 @01:28PM
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Google Book result, you'll be after page 31, table 2.7. Doesn't include figures for high school dropouts though.
"Racial and ethnic diversity in America: a reference handbook" - 2000
http://books.google.com/books?id=xc-YEVDhC0MC&pg=PA30...
The scary table is number 2.9:
homicide by firearm, per year, per 100,000 people
age 10-14 15-19 20-24
white 0.5 3.9 5.6
hispanic 1.1 14.0 18.1
black 1.8 29.1 55.6(!!)
Sorry I'm just so bothered by that data.
Also, your other point is interesting as well. If a young black guy can get an education, let's say a high school diploma. He will have less of a chance of getting a job than a white man who does not have a high school diploma, we know that from this data. BUT, will the black guy with the high school diploma make more money than the white guy without a high school diploma IF he can find someone willing to give him a job? That's a great question. Prior to being presented with this data I would have been eager to get the answer. Now, I almost don't want to know, that answer could be even MORE depressing.