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Consider the entire U.S. population by race. At a large university like Princeton, we would expect to see a racial makeup that’s roughly the same as the U.S. population as a whole. That is, if we live in a society with racial equality, and everyone, regardless of race, has the same shot at getting anContinue reading “Princeton University enrollment by race”

The table below shows the median pre-tax family income in the U.S., separated by race. Since the median is the middle value of a distribution, this data, as opposed to the mean/average, does not take into account the general overall income inequality in the country. That is, when you take into account that a smallContinue reading “U.S. median pre-tax family income by race”

By looking at the entire U.S. population by race, we should get a picture of what the racial makeup of a large university like Harvard would look like. At least, that should be the case in a roughly equal society, where all races have similar resources and opportunities. The racial makeup of the country isContinue reading “Harvard University enrollment by race”

Looking at data on the types of occupations in which U.S. worker are employed, we would expect to see that race is not a serious factor in the distribution of jobs. That is, the percentage of individuals working in management within a given race should be roughly equal across races, and the percentage of thoseContinue reading “U.S. occupations by race”

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the highest level of education attained. In an equal society, we would expect to see roughly similar levels of educational attainment across races. Here, we see that while 1.3% of Whites had less than a 9th grade education, more than twice that percentage (2.3x) of Blacks had lessContinue reading “U.S. educational attainment by race”