1. Minorities USA
Why do minorities continue to suffer social, economic and political disadvantage compared to whites?

2. Children born into poor areas tend not to do as well at school
The next generation of children are born into the same conditions
They are more likely to leave school with few or no qualifications
The Circle
of Poverty
They can’t afford to move away from the poor areas
They are more likely to be unemployed or in a low paid job

3. Reasons Higher levels of unemployment
Lower levels of educational achievement
Discrimination
Family structure – more lone parent families
Reduction in Affirmative Action Programmes (AAPs)
Lower levels of minority participation (NB recent increase)

4. Reasons (continued) Under-representation at state national level
Cost of ‘fixing’ inequality would be enormous – no political will to raise taxes
The circle of deprivation
Difficulty of escaping from so-called ‘underclass’
Cut backs on welfare entitlement by successive administrations

5. Key Words Inequality – why? UNEMPLOYMENT FAMILY EDUCATION CIRCLE
DISCRIMINATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
FAMILY
EDUCATION
Inequality – why?
CIRCLE
UNDERCLASS
COST
PARTICIPATION
REPRESENTATION
AAPs
Cut-backs