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| Nationally, for every 100 Black males entering kindergarten only 3 are projected to graduate from college: Only 44 (44.3%) are projected to graduate from high school Of the 44 high school graduates, only 10 (23%) are projected to be college ready Of the 10 who enroll in college, only 3 (34.2%) are projected to graduate |
| 71% Of Black Children are born without there father. |
| Black Children were more likely to grown up with both of their parents during slavery than they are today. |
| Of the 8.4 million Black Familes in the US. 2.0 million, or 24 percent, are married couples with their own children. |
| The net worth of a Black family in America is $6,100 versus $67,000 for a White family. |
| 53% of Black men aged 25-34 are either unemployed or earn too little to lift a family of four from poverty. |
| 69% of Black children in America cannot read at grade level in the 4th grade, compared with 29% among White children. |
| 7% of Black 8th-graders perform math at grade level. |
Blacks make up only 3.2% of lawyers, 3% of doctors, and less than 1% of architects in America. Many of these are Black women. |
In 2006 72% of the Masters degrees that were giving out by historicall black colleges and universities were earned by black women. (Much Love Sisters! but we have balance this out a little....we need some earning power too!) |
| 55% of black men in the Unitied state do not have a High school diploma. |
19% of African Americans age 25 and over have a bachelor's degree or higher. |
| • Percentage of white parents of preschool children in 2007 who read to their children every day: 67% • Percentage of black parents of preschool children in 2007 who read to their children every day: 35% |
| • Percentage of white parents of preschool children in 2007 who believe that it is important to teach their children the alphabet: 66% • Percentage of black parents of preschool children in 2007 who believe that it is important to teach their children the alphabet: 43% |
| • Number of births per 1,000 white females ages 15 to 19 in 2006: 26.6 • Number of births per 1,000 black females ages 15 to 19 in 2006: 63.7 |
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the video was great....keep doing what you are doing

ps: all in english.LOL! Nanda
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