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Background
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What chances do African American students have
of becoming engineers or scientists?
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An
African American boy has a 1 in 45 chance of becoming a
cocaine abuser but only a 1 in 4,000 chance of getting a
PhD in math, engineering or physics.
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An
African American girl has a 1 in 21 chance of being a victim
of a violent crime during her teen years, but only a 1 in
21,000 chance of receiving a PhD in mathematics, engineering
or physical science.
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How many of our students are succeeding in these
professions?
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Only
14% of all engineering students are African American
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Out
of the 185,872 mechanical engineers in the U.S. only 5,186
or 2.8% are African American.
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8,207
of the 242,808 or 3.2% of all Civil Engineers are African
American
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Of
the builder of our society, the architects, only 4,429 or
2.8% are African American
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However,
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66%
of all janitors and maintenance personnel are African American
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31%
of those with experience, but who are unemployed are African
American
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Of
the 2,073,267 cooks and kitchen workers in the U.S. 18%
are African American.
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Parity
Still Elusive |
While
all students in our public schools should have the
opportunity to choose any career goal, the reality
is African American and other minority students rarely
make the choice to become engineers or scientists.
Statistics to support this statement are reflected
in a recent article about CABPES in Emerging Markets
magazine.
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