{"id":75845,"date":"2021-06-22T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=75845"},"modified":"2021-06-23T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T21:04:29","slug":"two-more-items-re-systemic-issues-that-we-need-to-address-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2021\/06\/22\/two-more-items-re-systemic-issues-that-we-need-to-address-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Two (more) items re: systemic issues that we need to address in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studentloanhero.com\/featured\/black-millennials-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Black College Grads Borrow 35% More for a Public Education but Earn 22% Less Than Their Peers<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from Kamaron McNair with thanks to Frankie Rend\u00f3n for this resource<\/p>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: proxima-nova, Avenir Next, Segoe UI, Calibri, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">KEY FINDINGS<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: proxima-nova, Avenir Next, Segoe UI, Calibri, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Census data shows that Black millennials with a Bachelor\u2019s earn 22% less ($44,498 versus $56,731) on average than other degree-holding millennials.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: proxima-nova, Avenir Next, Segoe UI, Calibri, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Black millennials outpaced their peers in just three states \u2014 Oregon, Maine and Alaska. But only by an average of 2% \u2014 or roughly $1,200.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: proxima-nova, Avenir Next, Segoe UI, Calibri, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">The earnings gap for recent graduates widened in more than half of U.S. states. From 2014 to 2019, the earnings gap for graduates widened in 28 states and the District of Columbia. The gap widened by more than 29 percentage points in Vermont, the most of any state.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: proxima-nova, Avenir Next, Segoe UI, Calibri, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">The worst wage gap for Black millennials was in Montana, where Black bachelor\u2019s degree graduates working full time earn 50.3% less on average than non-Black workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: proxima-nova, Avenir Next, Segoe UI, Calibri, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">North Dakota recorded the smallest earnings gap at 2.7%. Here, Black millennial bachelor\u2019s degree-holders earn just $1,400 less on average than non-Black earners.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: proxima-nova, Avenir Next, Segoe UI, Calibri, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Black students borrowed more in student loans than their fellow students. At four-year public schools, Black students and their families borrowed 35% more. Non-Black families contributed an average of $14,434 to their student\u2019s education, more than double the $5,545 Black families contributed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also see:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Design is a particularly white profession. Depending on the poll, only 3% to 4.8% of designers are Black. But a powerful new collective of design companies is looking to change that.<\/p>\n<p>DC: Good deal. Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keesav?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@keesav<\/a> for the resource.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DkEFTGhTi4\">https:\/\/t.co\/DkEFTGhTi4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Christian (he\/him\/his) (@dchristian5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dchristian5\/status\/1407098001726771200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendum on 6\/23\/21:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/projects\/california-judges-diversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>California judges don\u2019t reflect the state\u2019s diversity \u2014 how that could change<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from calmatters.org by Byrhonda Lyons<br \/>\n<em>Whites make up a little more than a third of California\u2019s population but nearly two-thirds of its Superior Court judges. Advocates are devising ways to get more people of color into law and onto the bench.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black College Grads Borrow 35% More for a Public Education but Earn 22% Less Than Their Peers &#8212; from Kamaron McNair with thanks to Frankie Rend\u00f3n for this resource KEY FINDINGS Census data shows that Black millennials with a Bachelor\u2019s earn 22% less ($44,498 versus $56,731) on average than other degree-holding millennials. 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