Are young Black men expendable?
(pdf or online) by Phillip Jackson, May 19, 2004, The New Pittsburgh Courier A recent study by Northeastern University s Center for Labor Market Studies shows that in Chicago, 45 percent of the Black men 20-24 years old are out of school and out of work. The authors of the study think this number reflects national trends on this issue. One of the authors, Neeta P. Fogg, says the dropout rates for young Black men are increasing and that dropping out of high school is economic suicide. Top Colleges Take More Blacks, But Which Ones?(pdf or online) by Sara Rimer and Karen W. Arenson, June 24, 2004, The New York Times) While about 8 percent of Harvard’s undergraduates were black, only about a third of the were from families in which all four grandparents were born in this country, descendants of slaves. The trend concerned some professors. Latinos Lag In Finishing College, Report Says (pdf) By Stuart Silverstein, June 24, 2004, The Los Angeles Times) Latino college students drop out of scho
