| white Americans is substantial. The median income numbers qualifies the mean as a relatively general distribution of incomes among the groups. This is to say that white Americans earned about one third more in 1993 than did black Americans.
One more interesting survey that I thought was relevant to this issue was one on the Average Annual Expenditures of Americans by Race (att. 5). It shows that even though black Americans aren't earning as much as white Americans, they are having to spend almost as much on average. The cost of living is almost equally distributed, but the salaries aren't. This doesn't reflect equal opportunity.
In conclusion, the equal employment opportunity situation is difficult and tricky to assess. It appears, in regard to the relative populations that the eligible and actual work forces of both black and white Americans is closing in their gap. The gap between salaries of black and white Americans does not seem to be closing though. This leads me to conclude one of two things: 1. that black Americans are taking lower paying jobs or 2. black Americans are not paid on average as much as white Americans. I cannot determine which of the two it is without a survey to breakdown specific professions with salaries of each racial group, and I was unable to find such survey. This may speak for itself, that the |