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Article: Testing for Discrimination The Case for A National Report Card.
- Article from:
- Civil Rights Journal
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Despite the fact that minorities have made substantial economic and social progress over the past 30 years, significant disadvantages based on race persist within the United States and serve as markers of continuing policy failures. A body of empirical and anecdotal evidence indicates that discrimination based on race and ethnicity has yet to be eliminated by the nation's civil rights laws. For example:
* The hourly earnings of black men are 65 percent those of white men;
* Black men pay more than $1000 more for the same new car as white men;
* Deep disparities persist in the receipt of state and local contracts for all minority groups;