Equity & Diversity in the U.S.

57% of people in state prisons for drug offenses in the US are African American. What percentage of illicit drug users in the US are African American?

2. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, 34 anti-Muslim organizations were operating in the US in 2015. How many were operating in the US in 2016?

According to GLSEN, what percentage of students who report an incident of homophobia at school say the school did nothing in response or told them to ignore it?

US Census data show that African American and Latina women earn how much for every dollar a White man earns?

According to the Center for American Progress, compared with schools attended by at least 90% white students, those attended by at least 90% students of color spend how much less per pupil annually?

In a study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, researchers replied to help-wanted ads by sending résumés from fictitious applicants. Each applicant had the same qualifications, but some had stereotypically African American sounding names while others had stereotypically White sounding names. How much more likely were applicants with stereotypically White names to get a callback regarding their applications than applicants with stereotypically Black names?

The median household income in the US has increased 16% since 1980. During the same period, corporate profits after taxes increased 182%, the average income for the wealthiest 1% of families increased 190%, and the average income for the wealthiest 0.01% of families grew 322%. What happened to the average income of the poorest 90% during that time?

Black middle and high school students are ___ to attend a school with more security staff than mental health personnel, compared to their white peers. 

Of college aged individuals in 2013, 42 percent of white students were enrolled in college. What percent of Black and Hispanic students that age were enrolled? 

While about 49% of the U.S. Public school student population are white, ______% of school principals and ____% of superintendents identify as white.

Black and Latinx students are ____ and ____ times as likely as white students to attend schools were 80% or fewer of the teachers meet all state certification and licensure requirements.

What % of public schools in the US do not have a single teacher of color on staff?

High schools with higher enrollments of students of color have ________ access to college and career preparation courses offered (Algebra I, geometry, Algebra II, calculus, biology, chemistry, physics).

Black and Hispanic students represent 42% of student enrollment in schools offering gifted and talented education programs, but _____% of the students enrolled in those programs.

While Black students accounted for nearly 16 percent of all public school students in the 2013-14 school year, they represented about nearly __ percent of students suspended from school.  

In 2017, the average reading score on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for white 4th grade students was ___ points higher than Black students.