Category: Socioeconomic
Income plays a major role in every individual’s life starting from the day they are born and throughout their upbringing, professional career and into retirement. Income can be affected by geographical location, taxes, family, education, skills and socioeconomic background. Unconscious biases related to an individual’s age, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and privilege can also affect their income.
How Climate Change Affects Lower-Income Communities Worse Throughout the Nation
Photo from Pexels.com. Climate change affects all of us, whether we like it or not. No matter our background or race, climate change will impact…
What Accounts For The Lowest Unemployment Rate Of The Asian Race In America?
With booming population growth, the Asian race is becoming the largest race in America. This race has been adapting significantly to the American labor force…
How and Why Does Food Insecurity Disproportionately Hurt Marginalized Groups?
In 2019, 10.5% of Americans experienced food insecurity, defined as a lack of access to adequate and healthy foods. Food insecurity is a complex issue…
How Much Diversity Is There Among Black Students at HBCUs?
Despite only comprising 3% of American colleges and universities, historically Black colleges and universities are attended by 10% of all Black college students. Per the…
How Will the Overturning of Roe v. Wade Affect People Who Can Get Pregnant?
On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling, which protected abortion rights, 55 years after its legalization. The issue has…
Reasons That Americans Choose To Live In Non-English Speaking Countries
While people from all over the world compete to become citizens of the United States, the number of Americans leaving the country has increased. This…
Latinos in Baseball: The Hidden Discriminatory Practices
The presence of Latino players in Major League Baseball (MLB) has been outstanding in recent years. Unfortunately, these numbers typically result from abhorrent discriminatory practices…
How Water Contamination in the US Disproportionally Affects Communities of Color
Water Contamination is a dangerous, all too common problem in many communities in the US. The communities most affected by water contamination are disproportionately POC…
How are Band Programs Inaccessible for Lower-Class Families and Students?
Learning to play an instrument can be quite costly, and many underfunded music programs cannot compensate for the cost and provide quality programs to their…
African Americans in Baseball: Bases Empty
Major League Baseball (MLB), America’s oldest professional sports league founded in the 1870s, marked history when drafting its first African American player in 1947. MLB…