[Jenn]

In article ,
"ScottW" wrote:

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Are these minorities on crack? Why are they such 'loads'?

And maybe we should let people of Asian descent run the country.
They're better than us 'load crack-head' white guys because they earn
more money, yes?

Please give me some simple black-and-white answers.

"The median income for white households was $50,622 last year. It was
$30,939 for black households, $36,278 for Hispanic households and
$60,367 for Asian households."

There are 2 factors that lead to higher household income.
1) Number or wage earners (2 income households)
Top quintile is made up of married couples with 2 incomes.

2) Education level of the wage earners.

The bottom quintile is predominantly single female parents
with little education.
Unfortunately more black and hispanic people choose
this lifestyle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Househo...es#Type_of_hou
sehold

So...the question was ...what are these people doing wrong?
Blacks and Hispanics.

1) They aren't completing their education.
Blacks dropout of HS at twice the rate of whites.
Hispanics at over 3 times.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0779196.html

2) They have kids outside of marriage.
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/co...ults.jsp?i=722

Note how this factor is what puts Asians above whites in
spite of their minority status and puts blacks below
hispanics in spite of their significantly higher HS graduation
rates.

I think this clearly shows that economic success or lack thereof
is not due as much to race as it is to choice of lifestyle.

ScottW

You do understand that single parenthood isn't always a lifestyle
choice, right?