Two black coaches in superbowl

Originally posted by Hypa
You can't discredit something just it was on TV. It was a serious AIDS Epidemic commercial.

Correct. It is possible to get it right on TV (although advertisers have a poor track record). However, if your source is a commercial, and it contradicts US Census data (or a compilation of such by a reputable website), do you prefer the TV?

I do remember reading something in class a had a few years ago that African Americans and Hispanics were close in their numbers. It also mentioned that Hispanics were projected to be the leading minority in the near future. I don't remember the source, our professor had copied it for us out of a magazine, so I assume it was reliable.

Originally posted by PocketKings
I do remember reading something in class a had a few years ago that African Americans and Hispanics were close in their numbers. It also mentioned that Hispanics were projected to be the leading minority in the near future. I don't remember the source, our professor had copied it for us out of a magazine, so I assume it was reliable.

Here's one such article available online.

http://www.albionmonitor.com/9-18-95/minority.html

an excerpt:

"By the year 2055 at current fertility and immigration rates, white European Americans will be a minority for the first time since they came to outnumber the Native Americans in the 18th century," said Joe Feagin, a UF sociologist and expert on race relations. "And none of our white leaders are paying any attention to desegregating our society in meaningful ways."

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Here's one such article available online.

http://www.albionmonitor.com/9-18-95/minority.html

an excerpt:

"By the year 2055 at current fertility and immigration rates, white European Americans will be a minority for the first time since they came to outnumber the Native Americans in the 18th century," said Joe Feagin, a UF sociologist and expert on r ...[text shortened]... ur white leaders are paying any attention to desegregating our society in meaningful ways."

Where do you get reliable census information?

Originally posted by PocketKings
Where do you get reliable census information?

http://www.census.gov/


For data on race, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/dp1/2kh00.pdf

page 3 lists the numbers and percentages. In column 1, Latinos/Hispanics are lumped together with white, but these are separated out at the top of column 2.


The infoplease table I referenced a few days ago is easier to read at a glance, but the U.S. Census website is the source.

(Teach your students how to access and interpret the data. They'll curse you all semester, but remember you with gratitude years later.)