Survey Finds Minority Children Have Fewer Opportunities Than White Peers

The Kellogg Foundation conducted the first known national survey of adults who work directly with minority children at the community level and found that these children have less opportunity to access a range of services than their white counterparts.
The nationwide poll conducted in April included 2,028 adults who work as teachers, childcare providers, health care [...]

Minority Home-Owners More Likely to Face Foreclosure

Latino and Black home owners are more than 70 percent more likely to lose their homes to foreclosure than their white counterparts.  That alarming statistic was released in a new report from the Center for Responsible Lending that looked at how the home foreclosure crisis is impacting minority communities disproportionately.
According to the report, a black [...]

Media Merger Opens Opportunity to Increase Diversity

In an attempt to merge their two entities, the cable giant Comcast and NBC/Universal have pledged to create more opportunities for minorities in front of and behind the camera.
Testifying at a field hearing in Los Angeles, representatives from both companies outlined their plans.
Comcast will add two independently owned and operated cable networks to its system [...]

Minorities will soon be the Majority

According to a new demographic report, minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S.  This is part of a historic trend in which whites of European descent are expected to become the minority of the U.S. population over the next 40 years.
“Census projections suggest America may become a minority-majority country by the [...]

Commerce Secretary Speaks about Importance of Accurately Counting Hispanics in the 2010 Census

On Wednesday, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), Univision Inc., the League of United Latin American Citizens and SEIU announced a grassroots campaign in Washington entitled, “Hágase Contar!” an effort to help advertise the 2010 Census to  the Hispanic community, An estimated 1 million Hispanics were missed in the last census.
Commerce [...]

Census Bureau to Launch Ad Campaign to Reach Minorities

In an article today  the Washington Post reports that the Census Bureau is planning on launching a $250 million promotional campaign to encourage participation in the 2010 Census amidst the fears that millions of minorities will be overlooked.
More than half of the funds that will go to advertising will go across traditional and social media, [...]

Minorities Affected Most by Economic Crisis

A report by the Center for American Progress entitled “The State of Minorities: Recession Issue” demonstrates that minorities have been hit the hardest out of all Americans undergoing the economic crisis, especially because of fewer employment opportunities available to them.
Traditionally, minority workers have had fewer job opportunities and lower wages, leaving them with lower incomes [...]