Friday, June 15, 2012
Is Title IX racist?
According to a 2007 report by the United States Department of Education, among high school sophomores, white girls had a 51% participation rate in sports, compared with 40% for black girls. The percentages were lower for Asian/Pacific Islanders (34%) and Hispanics (32%). The lack of access to sports at youth levels becomes manifest at the intercollegiate level, where African-American women are underrepresented in all but two sports: Division I basketball, where black women represent 50.6% of athletes, and indoor and outdoor track and field, where they represent 28.2% and 27.5%. They are all but missing in lacrosse (2.2%), swimming (2.0%), soccer (5.3%) and softball (8.2%). They are an underrepresented but rising presence in volleyball (11.6%).
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Clearly then, black women are over represented in Division 1 basketball and indoor and outdoor track and field.
Good luck with the swimming as well.
As of August 2011 total 45,8 mln Americans are on SNAP
- 43% of SNAP participants are White
- 33% are African-American
http://www.snaptohealth.org/snap/snap-frequently-asked-questions/
Demographic USA
White - 223,553,265
Black or African American - 38,929,319
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States
33% from 45,8 mln = 15.114.000 African-American are on SNAP
43% from 45,8 mln = 19.694.000 Whites are on SNAP
It means:
39% of African-American population are on SNAP
8% of White population are on SNAP
Oh gee... I made a mistake... sorry
Correction:
33% from 38,929,265 = 12.846.675
African American using SNAP a
It means 30,3% of African-American are on SNAP
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