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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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 15, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    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.

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  2. AnonymousJune 15, 2012 at 5:02 PM

    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

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  3. AnonymousJune 15, 2012 at 5:17 PM

    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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