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Reimers, Cordelia W. – American Journal of Sociology, 1984
After analyzing income differentials among different Hispanic groups, Blacks, and Anglos, the most important single reason for the lower family incomes of Hispanics and Blacks is lower wage rates. This is especially the case for men, but also for Mexican and Cuban women, even after differences in age, education and regional distribution are…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employed Women, Ethnic Discrimination, Family Income
Wilkerson, Margaret B. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1984
Networks for minority women provide information, support, and an arena where minority issues can take priority on the agenda. The primary networking needs are empowerment--control over policy that affects one's life--and the opportunity to move an agenda that promotes quality and excellence unhampered by inequity and discrimination. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Ladders, Cooperation, Females
Logan, John R. – 2002
This study used data from the Census of Population 1990 and 2000 to investigate economic inequalities between racial and ethnic groups, particularly blacks and Hispanics. It examined people's household incomes and the quality of their neighborhoods. Non-Hispanic Blacks remained the lowest-income minority group, with household incomes only 63.7…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Economic Status, Family Income
Watanabe, Paul; Jennings, James; Melendez, Edwin; Liu, Michael; Remy, Gemima; Gomez, Christina; Williams, Russell – 1996
Many minorities in Boston (Massachusetts) do not feel part of the entire community because the city does not work for people in minority groups in fundamental ways. This report analyzes the content and consequences of Boston's many contradictions and the challenges these contradictions pose for the city's three major communities of color: Blacks,…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Demography, Ethnicity
Ruchman, Miriam Reitman; Jemmott, John B., III; Jemmott, Loretta Sweet – 1997
This study explored the differences between African American and Latina female adolescents who desire to become pregnant and those who do not. Five hundred and thirty-one sexually experienced, never pregnant adolescents completed surveys containing questions about demographics, sexual behavior and contraceptive use, sexual and contraceptive…
Descriptors: Blacks, Early Parenthood, Females, Hispanic Americans
Grieco, Elizabeth M.; Cassidy, Rachel C. – 2001
This report describes race and Hispanic origin in the United States and discusses their distributions at the national level. It is based on the Census 2000 Redistricting Summary File. Census 1990 questions on race and Hispanic origin were changed for Census 2000, because the federal government considers race and Hispanic origin to be two separate,…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Baumgarten, Thomas L.; Minix, Quinella – 2002
The Texas Education Agency awarded twenty competitive grants to Head Start programs in the state. The focus of the grants was on emergent literacy and pre-reading skills. Teachers, mentors, and administrators underwent intensive training. To investigate whether children emerged from the grant programs ready to enter school reading, an outside…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Emergent Literacy, English (Second Language)
Mayeno, Amiko S. – 2000
The purpose of this study was to analyze the ways in which the experiences and concerns of a predominantly African American and Hispanic community affect how they view environmental issues. Their views are intended to serve as a guide in the development of an environmental education program that is being developed at one of the local parks.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Blacks, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences

deAnda, Diane – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1983
A sample of 130 pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers was surveyed via a self-administered closed-ended questionnaire to determine the factors that discriminate between girls who become pregnant in early versus late adolescence. Dating patterns, extent of parental control, and knowledge and use of birth control were among the areas surveyed.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Contraception, Dating (Social)

Wiltz, Carroll – Urban League Review, 1981
Low socioeconomic status, lack of equal opportunities, and high concentrations of minorities in urban slums were found to correlate highly with crimes committed by and against minorities according to this study. Studies indicate that violent and property related crimes are committed more often against Blacks than Whites at neighborhood and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Crime, Data Analysis, Females

Schneider, Lawrence J.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1980
Factor analysis of nine problem topics revealed personal-social and educational-vocational dimensions. Females were more likely than males to discuss both problem areas with provider groups. Blacks and Chicanos were more likely than Anglos to take personal problems to professionals. (Author)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship

Williams, John B. – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1997
The Supreme Court's recent legal reinterpretation of desegregation requirements for "de jure" segregated states and its finding (in "United States vs. Fordice") of continued segregation in Mississippi is being used by civil lights activists to compel redesign of effective remedies, monitor progress, and increase racial…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Desegregation, Court Litigation

Klor de Alva, J. Jorge; West, Cornel – Social Justice, 1997
Dialogue between Cornel West and Jorge Klor de Alva explores the question of black-brown alliances, those between African Americans and Hispanic Americans. If minority groups can put aside the difference of skin color and join to combat economic and social racism, they can have far-reaching and meaningful impacts on society. (SLD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cooperation, Economic Factors, Ethnic Groups

Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich; Bowman, Phillip – Educational Researcher, 2003
Identifies two conceptual and methodological limitations to current treatments of cultural diversity in social science research: the tendency to treat race, ethnicity, culture, and social class as fixed categories and the tendency to focus on single levels of analysis. Proposes strategic guidelines for mitigating these limitations, illustrating…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education

Hunt, Matthew O. – Social Forces, 1996
Telephone interviews of 2,854 southern Californians examined beliefs about causes of poverty: individual characteristics, labor market conditions, failure of schools, discrimination, or luck. Contrary to previous findings, structuralist explanations of poverty were rated higher overall than individualistic explanations, and blacks and Latinos…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Blacks, Hispanic Americans, Individualism