Stats on Race
KILROY'S WEEKLY INDEX (don't be too insulted Harper's)

• Chances an applicant with a white sounding name is more likely to be called for an interview than an applicant with a black sounding name: 50%
  
• Percentage of black Americans who live below the poverty line: 29.3%
  
• Percentage of white Americans who live below the poverty line: 11.2%
  
• Percentage of black Americans in the United States: 12.3%
  
• Percentage of black elected officials in the United State: 1.6%
  
• Percentage of white Americans with a college degree: 24%
  
• Percentage of black Americans with a college degree: 13.2%
  
• Percentage of college professors who are black: 4.7%
  
• Median income for black Americans in 1995: $22,393
  
• Median income for white Americans in 1995: $35,766
  
• Median family net worth for white households: $43,800
  
• Median family net worth for black households: $3,700 (not a typo).
  
• Percentage of the country's regular drug users who are black: 13%
  
• Percentage of drug arrestees who are black: 35%
  
• Percentage of drug convictees who are black: 55%
  
• Percentage of those sentenced to prison who are black: 74%
  
• Percentage of white adults who think that average African-American is better off in terms of jobs than the average white: 58%
  
• Percentage of whites and blacks respectively in managerial or professional positions: 29% and 19%
  
• Percentage of whites and blacks respectively in low skilled service jobs: 13% and 23%
  

According to a 1990 Survey of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

• Percentage of respondents who saw blacks as less intelligent: 53.2%
  
• Percentage of respondents who saw blacks as lazier than whites: 62.2%
  
• Percentage of respondents who thought blacks more likely than whites to prefer living on welfare: 77.7%
  
• Percentage of respondents who thought blacks more violent than whites: 56.1%
  

- posted by Anonymous @ 10:43 AM