Minorities, particularly African-Americans and Latinos, earn less income even with college degrees as opposed to their white or Asian colleagues, according to a recent study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
“I’m not surprised because we’ve known this for a long time, in part because of stereotyping,” said Dr. Karin Stanford, department chair for Pan African studies.
White professionals earn about 20 times that of African Americans, and 18 times that of Latinos, according to 2010 U.S. Census data.
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Many minorities live in communities where there is little to no economic opportunity, according to a report by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
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