Indexing Race in the US at the Dawn of the “Age of Obama”
By Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute
Date on which Ireland’s largest bookmaker started paying off bets on Barack Obama as the next president of the United States: October 16, 2008.(1)
Percentage of South Koreans who told Gallup in 2008 that who won the US presidential election would matter to their country: 79%. (2)
Percentage of Mexicans who said this: 35%.
Estimated amount of wealth that people of color could lose as a result of being disproportionately targeted for subprime housing loans: $200 billion.
Number of years it will take for the black-white homeownership gap to close if recent trends continue: 1,664. (3)
Child poverty rates of non-Hispanic whites, African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Latinos, respectively, in 2007: 11, 35, 33, 12 and 27 percent. (4)
Year in which the Supreme Court declared bans on “interracial” marriage unconstitutional: 1967.
Percentage growth in the number of interracial marriages between 1960 and 2000: +832%. (5)
Percent of whites, according to a recent ABC News Poll, who think of themselves
first as Americans, rather than as members of a racial group: 87%. (6)
Percent of African Americans who do: 51%.
Rise in the percent of African Americans who think of themselves first as Americans in the last four months: +5%
Percent of Democrats who think Obama will help race relations in the United States: 75%. (7)
Percent of Republicans who think so: 43%.
Proportion of the US population that is non-Hispanic and white: 65 in 100.
Proportion of the last 100 million additions to the US population who are non-Hispanic and white: 34 in 100. (8)
Number of US Senators who are non-Hispanic white men: 78 in 100.
Number of US presidents: 44.
Number of US presidents who have not been white men: 1.
Date on which Ireland’s largest bookmaker started paying off bets on Barack Obama as the next president of the United States: October 16, 2008.(1)
Percentage of South Koreans who told Gallup in 2008 that who won the US presidential election would matter to their country: 79%. (2)
Percentage of Mexicans who said this: 35%.
Estimated amount of wealth that people of color could lose as a result of being disproportionately targeted for subprime housing loans: $200 billion.
Number of years it will take for the black-white homeownership gap to close if recent trends continue: 1,664. (3)
Child poverty rates of non-Hispanic whites, African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Latinos, respectively, in 2007: 11, 35, 33, 12 and 27 percent. (4)
Year in which the Supreme Court declared bans on “interracial” marriage unconstitutional: 1967.
Percentage growth in the number of interracial marriages between 1960 and 2000: +832%. (5)
Percent of whites, according to a recent ABC News Poll, who think of themselves
first as Americans, rather than as members of a racial group: 87%. (6)
Percent of African Americans who do: 51%.
Rise in the percent of African Americans who think of themselves first as Americans in the last four months: +5%
Percent of Democrats who think Obama will help race relations in the United States: 75%. (7)
Percent of Republicans who think so: 43%.
Proportion of the US population that is non-Hispanic and white: 65 in 100.
Proportion of the last 100 million additions to the US population who are non-Hispanic and white: 34 in 100. (8)
Number of US Senators who are non-Hispanic white men: 78 in 100.
Number of US presidents: 44.
Number of US presidents who have not been white men: 1.
References:
(1) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27236818/
(2) http://www.gallup.com/poll/111253/World-Citizens-Prefer-Obama-McCain-More-Than-3to1.aspx
(3) http://www.nathanielturner.com/stateofthedream.htm
(4) http://4909e99d35cada63e7f757471b7243be73e53e14.gripelements.com/publications/Final_Draft_Kirwan_Racial_
(5) http://social.jrank.org/pages/889/Family-Interracial-Marriages-Are-Becoming-More-Common.html
(6) http://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1084a1ObamaRace.pdf
(7) http://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1084a1ObamaRace.pdf
(8) http://pewhispanic.org/files/factsheets/25.pdf
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