• When Janet Murguía, President/CEO of the National Council of La Raza (La Raza), aimed to strengthen the organization's mission "to create opportunities and open the door to the American Dream for Latino and other families," she knew exactly what to do. (aarp.org)
  • Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. (bls.gov)
  • The race categories shown exclude data for Hispanic and Latino workers. (bls.gov)
  • Despite this improvement, in 2012 the death rate per 1,000 persons living with HIV among blacks was 13% higher than the rate for whites and 47% higher than the rate for Hispanics or Latinos. (cdc.gov)
  • Numbers and rates for the total U.S. population and for whites and Hispanics or Latinos were calculated for comparison. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2012, an estimated 8,165 (48%) deaths occurred among black persons living with HIV, which was 1.5 times the number of deaths among whites (5,426) and 3.2 times the deaths among Hispanics or Latinos (2,586). (cdc.gov)
  • Among those who worked in 2012, men were more likely than women to work full time, year round, and Asians and Whites were more likely than Blacks or Hispanics to work full time throughout the year. (bls.gov)
  • The work-experience unemployment rates for Whites (12.8 percent) and Blacks (20.6 percent) declined from 2011 to 2012, while the rates for Asians (10.6 percent) and Hispanics (17.3 percent) changed little. (bls.gov)
  • Are Hispanic, followed by non-Hispanic whites. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Job seekers lined up outside the warehouse each day, but managers would select Hispanics over blacks, even when black workers were experienced and farther ahead in line. (fairus.org)
  • As a group, persons who self-identify as blacks or African Americans (referred to as blacks in this report), have been affected by HIV more than any other racial/ethnic population. (cdc.gov)
  • Data aggregates are presented by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status for the United States by 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, places, and employment and receipts size. (census.gov)
  • Cases where ethnicity is unknown are included in counts of non-Hispanic workers. (bls.gov)
  • The sum of the subgroup detail for Hispanics, Asians, and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders may not add to the total if no one subgroup owns a majority of the firm, but a combination of these subgroups owns a majority. (census.gov)
  • Hispanic American and Latin American business owners and citizens make an enormous contribution to the American economy and are known for giving back to their communities. (schoolsoup.com)
  • Many U.S. businesses are interested in promoting a diverse workforce that is represented by the growing Hispanic and Latin American populations. (schoolsoup.com)
  • Latinos have had a large impact on American sports in a variety of ways and in varying sports. (wikipedia.org)
  • The race categories shown exclude data for Hispanics and Latinos. (bls.gov)
  • For example, 21% of Hispanic adults have a great deal of confidence in the military, down 10 percentage points from April 2020. (pewresearch.org)
  • Unemployment rates for African Americans and Hispanics have fallen to the lowest levels ever recorded in the history of the report on the Employment Situation. (peoplespunditdaily.com)
  • The Labor Department (DOL) via the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the April jobs report on Friday, which shows unemployment for African Americans (6.6%) and Hispanics (4.4% ) have fallen to brand new all-time lows. (peoplespunditdaily.com)
  • For Hispanics, the unemployment rate mirrors the all-time low previously hit in July 2017. (peoplespunditdaily.com)
  • According to Native American legend, HCPS has existed in North America's southwest desert for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. (medscape.com)
  • Scholarship assistance for current students of Hispanic descent. (schoolsoup.com)
  • A second change is the adoption of a new response option for respondents of Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) descent. (cdc.gov)
  • favored Hispanic workers over African-Americans. (fairus.org)
  • After African-Americans left, Hispanic workers got to work. (fairus.org)
  • New management at a hotel in Alexandria, Va., systematically replaced black housekeepers with Hispanic workers. (fairus.org)
  • Hispanic workers were hired in their place. (fairus.org)
  • Helping downtrodden Americans become productive citizens is a serious challenge, but further devaluing their labor by importing more foreign workers is the worst way to go about it," he asserts. (fairus.org)
  • Those who are harmed by an influx of low-skilled, low-wage labor are going to be Americans in that same category [of disadvantaged workers]. (fairus.org)
  • The report, which was commissioned by CAP and conducted by researchers at the National Institute for Early Education Research, or NIEER, examines the impact of universal pre-K on achievement gaps between Hispanic children and white children, the gaps between African-American children and white children, and the gaps between low-income children and higher-income children. (americanprogress.org)
  • Access to high-quality pre-K for Hispanic, African American, and low-income children lags far behind that of white and higher-income children. (americanprogress.org)
  • the analysis finds that universal pre-K would narrow the gap to 2.4 months of learning, while gaps in reading skills between Hispanic and white children would be virtually eliminated. (americanprogress.org)
  • African American children, meanwhile, are currently nine months behind their white peers in math and about 6.7 months behind in reading. (americanprogress.org)
  • In the United States, 80% of African American (AA) women are overweight or obese, compared with 60% of white women (1). (cdc.gov)
  • White, Asian, and Hispanic women were nearly twice as likely to work part time during the year as their male counterparts, and Black women were more likely to work part time than Black men (although the difference was not as great as for the other groups). (bls.gov)
  • Most respondents were either Black/African American (26), White (25) or MENA (23). (cdc.gov)
  • Mexican American, Kern County High School, California, graduates majoring in any course at Bakersfield College. (schoolsoup.com)
  • A 57% majority of Hispanic adults describe medical research misconduct as a very or moderately big problem - higher than the share of all U.S. adults who say this. (pewresearch.org)
  • That commitment to a common goal started a partnership between the newly formed National Council of La Raza and the African American civil rights movement that survives to this day," she said. (aarp.org)
  • (7) CFOI has used several versions of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) since 2003 to define industry. (bls.gov)
  • Peter Kirsanow, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, estimates that reliance on unskilled foreign labor translates into 1 million fewer jobs for African-Americans. (fairus.org)
  • Schoolsoup researchers have identified thousands of scholarships available to Hispanic American students through the generosity of such companies and organizations. (schoolsoup.com)
  • In this case, the firm is included in the Hispanic, Asian, or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander estimate, but is not included in any of the subgroup estimates. (census.gov)
  • What percentage of the American workforce finds their job excessively stressful? (marketsplash.com)
  • Washington, D.C. - A new analysis released today by the Center for American Progress, or CAP, finds that high-quality universal pre-K would significantly narrow or virtually close achievement gaps in math and reading at kindergarten entry for Hispanic, African American, and low-income children. (americanprogress.org)
  • By applying the achievement gains made by children in those two programs to the country as whole, NIEER's research determined that high-quality universal pre-K would reduce the achievement gap at kindergarten entry in math 78 percent for Hispanic children and 45 percent for African American children, while essentially closing the entire gap in reading for both groups. (americanprogress.org)
  • According to the EEOC, a manager told a group of 80 who were dismissed, "All you black American people, f*ck you all. (fairus.org)
  • As a prospective student, you can connect with students in the Black Management Association , Hispanic Management Association , and other diversity-focused clubs to get answers to your career questions and connect with leaders in the Kellogg community. (northwestern.edu)
  • however, the Black Creek Canal virus and the Bayou virus of the southeastern United States, as well as the Andes virus of South America, have been linked to renal failure and share some similarities with HFRS. (medscape.com)
  • The scholarship is for a first generation Hispanic student, who is a full time nursing major with a GPA of 3.0. (schoolsoup.com)
  • This scholarship will assist a Hispanic students who are enrolled as full-time students. (schoolsoup.com)
  • Scholarships for full-time Hispanic students who are residents of Northwest Ohio and have demonstrated financial need. (schoolsoup.com)
  • We turned to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which publishes a report every year that includes a wealth of data about births in America. (politifact.com)
  • We should note that this data doesn't suggest that 67 percent of African-American children have no contact with their father (or a father figure), but rather that their father does not live in the same household with them. (politifact.com)
  • Federal data confirms that 73 percent of African-American births in 2010 were out of wedlock. (politifact.com)
  • A new report paints a disturbing picture of native-born African-Americans systematically passed over for manual labor jobs in favor of Hispanic immigrants, legal and illegal. (fairus.org)
  • A promising report by the American Council on Education (see page 3) shows that there have been huge gains in the number of associate and bachelor?s degrees awarded to Hispanic American students. (schoolsoup.com)
  • More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. (politifact.com)
  • So Lemon is correct that "more than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. (politifact.com)
  • The detail may not add to the total or subgroup total because a Hispanic firm may be of any race, and because a firm can be tabulated in more than one racial group. (census.gov)
  • Incoming first-year female of Hispanic American parentage who is deserving by virtue of her academic record and personal qualities. (schoolsoup.com)
  • Scholarships are offered to Hispanic students through the Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Awards are presented at the Mexican Fiesta, held each year in Wisconsin. (schoolsoup.com)
  • Female, Hispanic American students enrolled at the University of New Mexico Main Cmapus. (schoolsoup.com)
  • That said, the rate of African-American children living in single-parent homes is almost as high as the rate for non-marital births. (politifact.com)
  • Incorporating existing social media tools and motivational stories from young adult African American women in Internet-based tools may increase the feasibility, acceptability, and success of Internet-based physical activity programs in this high-risk, understudied population. (cdc.gov)
  • Soccer, though invented in England, has a longer history throughout South American and the rest of the world, whereas those sports that fight for the title of national pastime in the United States are homegrown. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hispanic American students who have demonstrated scholastic ability and academic potential. (schoolsoup.com)
  • The relatively small share of Hispanic adults who say they know "a lot" about what medical research scientists do have some of the most positive views of their conduct and research. (pewresearch.org)
  • This research demonstrates what we are losing out on by not implementing a high-quality universal pre-K program on a national scale, and what we stand to gain if we move toward a national, public solution to pre-K," said Katie Hamm , Senior Director of Early Childhood Policy at the Center for American Progress. (americanprogress.org)
  • For a Maricopa Community College student, preferably Hispanic, majoring in Occupational Studies. (schoolsoup.com)
  • As part of these changes, NIELSEN promises to do a better job in recruiting Hispanic and African American panelists, saying, 'We are also working to include in our panel those demographics that are typically challenging to recruit. (allaccess.com)
  • By doing so in 2008, Murguía became the first Hispanic leader to give the keynote speech at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast in Birmingham, Ala. What she said in that speech describes the unified and diverse force within the civil rights movement that continues in the United States in 2014. (aarp.org)