The Unit 2 Table (below) measures the same variables for the three groups we just studied: African Americans, American Indians, and
Mexican Americans.
Unit 2 Table: Median Household Income, % of Families Living in Poverty, and Educational Attainment for Selected Groups, 2019
Median HH Income, 2019
% Families in Poverty, 2019
% HS or More
% 4-year College Degree or More
All Americans
$68,703
8%
88%
36%
White*
$76,057
7%
91%
38%
African American*
$46,073
17%
89%
28%
American Indian and Alaskan Native*
$45,476
16%
84%
21%
Mexican American**
$57,000 (approx.)
15%
67%
13%
*non-Hispanic; **any race; education measured for people 25 years old and older.
Part 1.
(10 points) Use the data in the Unit 2 Table to summarize each group’s integration into the U.S. (Integration refers to the structural assimilation of a group.)
Summarize each group on the variables in the table;
Provide one detail about each group that helps explain the group’s household income and poverty rates. For example, is the
unemployment rate high for this group? Is this group crowded into low-paying occupations, or concentrated in geographic areas with few job opportunities?
Provide one detail about each group that helps explain the group’s educational attainment.
Part 2. (10 points) Choose
one variable in the Unit 2 Table for one of the three groups (African American, American Indian, Mexican American). (For example, you might choose HS or more for Mexican Americans.)
How do the group’s experiences and history help explain the group’s rank on this variable?
Use our course textbook and materials in Blackboard to write your answer.
Part 3.
(15 points) The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) are organizations committed to
addressing racial inequality. Choose one of these organizations and give a brief description of its work. In your description, address the following:
When was this organization created and why?
What kind of discrimination or oppression is (was) it fighting against?
What is (was) its primary goal? What are one or two of its major accomplishments?
In what ways has this organization helped to define or redefine the racial group’s identity?
Here are some recommended resources for each organization. You can use additional scholarly sources, just be sure to cite them in
your work.
SNCC:
https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/black-power/sncc
.
and https://sncclegacyproject.org/legacy/
https://snccdigital.org/
and https://monthlyreview.org/2000/10/01/sncc-what-we-did/
GLIFWC:
https://glifwc.org/
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QuUxBwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA32&dq=related:sjGJSWnO3p4J:scholar.google.com/&ots=zm6BVwJeZX&sig=Ngivno08flJWL5WS49MCtE7kkzo#v=onepage&q&f=false
— see chapter two, pp. 32 – 50.
MALDEF:
https://www.maldef.org/
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/mexican-american-legal-defense-and-educational-fund
