TOP TEN JUSTIFICATIONS OF

RACIAL DIVIDE IN AMERICA

#1
EDUCATION

African Americans are

twice as likely as whites
not to finish high school.
21% of whites and 13%
blacks end up successful
after obtaining a degree.
#2
HEALTH

79% of African
Americans compare to
the 88% of whites who
have health insurance.
Thirteen percent of
African Americans of all
ages report they are in
fair or poor health.
#3
INCARCERATION

One in three black

males will go to prison
in there lifetime.
African American youth
have higher rates of
juvenile incarceration
and are more likely to
be sentenced to adult
prison.
#4
HOMICIDES
2.5 deaths per 100,000
of whites are victims of
homicide, while 19.4
deaths per 100,000 of
blacks are victims of
homicide in America.
Young black males are
21 times more likely to
be shot and killed by a
police officer than a
young white male.
#5
UNEMPLOYMENT

The unemployment rate

gap is virtually
unchanged over the
last 40 years.
14.6% of African
Americans in America
are unemployed
compared to the 6.7%
of whites.
#6
LIFE SPAN

The average life

expectancy of black
men in 2009 was just
71 compared to 76 for
white men.
Higher death rates are
due to heart disease,
cancer, homicide, and
diabetes.
#7
GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE

40.2 percent of food

stamp recipients are white
and 25.7 percent are
black.
39.6 % of African
Americans are on welfare,
while 16.8 % of whites are
on welfare.
#8
BIRTH RATE
29 percent of babies
are black, and 5
percent are white per
1,000 babies.
In 1990, the black birth
rate was 26.1 points
higher than the white
rate. In 2010, it was
only 4 points higher. If
this trend continues,
the black birth rate will
soon equal the white
rate.
#9
DIVORCE RATES

Within a marriage span

of 10 years, white
women and black men
have the highest
divorce rates in the
country.
#10
POVERTY

In 2014, 26.2 percent

of blacks were poor,
compared to 10.1
percent of whites.
More than 45 million
people, or 14.5 percent
of all Americans, lived
below the poverty line
last year.