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  2. Gender inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In comparison, a white woman earns $0.77 per each dollar earned by a white man. The annual wage gap between a Native American woman and a white woman is approximately $24,443. [84] Because 67% of Native American mothers are the primary breadwinners of their family, this wage gap can cause higher poverty rates for Native American women.

  3. Causes of income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This topic is subject to extensive ongoing research, media attention, and political interest. U.S. inequality from 1913 to 2008. [1] Income inequality in the United States grew significantly beginning in the early 1970s, [2] [3] [4] after several decades of stability.

  4. Racial inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    2007 report found significant racial disparities in 300,000 credit files matched with Social Security records with African American scores being half that of white, non-Hispanics. [119] 2010 study found that African American in Illinois zip codes had scores of less than 620 at a rate of 54.2%.

  5. Income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There were also relatively few poor people in America at the time, since only those with at least some money could afford to come to America. [19] In 1860, the top 1 percent collected almost one-third of property incomes, as compared to 13.7% in 1774. There was a great deal of competition for land in the cities and non-frontier areas during ...

  6. Racism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Concerning African American males in the media, darker-skinned men are more likely to be portrayed as violent or more threatening, influencing the public perception of African American men. Since dark-skinned males are more likely to be linked to crime and misconduct, many people develop preconceived notions about the characteristics of Black men.

  7. Racial equality - Wikipedia

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    One is the handling of blacks to ensure equality, which was favored by the White American community, and the other is the differences between Southerners and non-Southerners. These two issues were observed by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). They made questions that plotted five main topics that targeted blacks at the time.

  8. Social equality - Wikipedia

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    A pro-marriage equality rally in San Francisco, US Equality symbolSocial equality is a state of affairs in which all individuals within society have equal rights, liberties, and status, possibly including civil rights, freedom of expression, autonomy, and equal access to certain public goods and social services.

  9. Gender equality - Wikipedia

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    Gender equality can refer to equal opportunities or formal equality based on gender or refer to equal representation or equality of outcomes for gender, also called substantive equality. [3] Gender equality is the goal, while gender neutrality and gender equity are practices and ways of thinking that help achieve the goal.