World power:the usa

• Police target resources at areas of high crime


  They are more likely to target poor "Getto" neighbourhoods
• Police target poor "Getto" neighbourhoods

  Where they know there is a lot of crime and drugs
• Police targeting poor "Getto" neighbourhoods

  Affects Black Americans more than other groups
• Black Americans are most likely to live in poor "Getto" neighbourhoods
• Around 19% of Black people live in poverty compared to only around 8% of White people
• Racial profiling

  Law enforcement targeting people of colour for committing crimes based only on their race or ethnicity
• Racial profiling affects some groups more than others because people who are Black or Hispanic are more likely to be stopped by the police or perceived as a criminal
• Racial profiling examples

  • Black Americans are more likely to be stopped and searched
  • Black drivers are twice as likely to be pulled over by the police which leads to more criminal convictions
• Bail system

  Many who are arrested and go to jail are able to get out by simply posting bail, but those who can't afford it are essentially trapped and sit in jail until the court takes action
• The bail system affects poor Americans more because they are the more likely to be in prison because they can't afford the bail money, subjecting them to more severe punishments than others
• The Second Amendment states "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"
• High school dropout rate

  The overall status dropout rate was 5.2 percent in 2021
• Some races are more likely to have higher high school dropout rates than others, with American Indian/Alaska Native at 10.2% compared to API at 2.1%
• Poverty and education


  • Students living in poverty often have fewer resources at home such as internet and computers to help them with their school work and studies
  • They are also more likely to drop out of school to get a job to help support their families and face other issues such as food insecurity
• Students in low-income areas were 1.5 times more likely to perform below the expected level than their higher-income peers
• Students in poverty are much less likely to go on to university or college, largely due to the fees, with the average tuition fee at a private college being $39723 for the 2022-2023 school year
• Schools in higher income areas are better funded than those in lower income areas because a large proportion of schools in more affluent areas have a bigger budget from the people in the area
• In 2019, the funding gap between rich and poor schools had increased slightly to $473
• Language barriers

  It is estimated that 42.5 million people in the USA speak Spanish as their first language
• In 2022, 38% of Americans said that they had delayed medical treatment due to cost, an increase of 12% since 2021
• Americans with household incomes under $40,000 were almost twice as likely as those making $100,000 or more to report that they or a family member delayed care for a serious medical condition
• As of February 2023, Black American children (0-17) were twice as likely to have asthma than white children (12.5% black, 5.7% white)
• Reasons for health inequality

  • Cost of health insurance
  • Poor living conditions
• In 2022, almost 21% of Hispanic people did not have health insurance, which is more than twice the national average
• People who live in poorer housing, with issues such as damp, are more likely to suffer from health conditions such as asthma, which is most likely to affect Black Americans as they are most likely to live in poor areas known as ghettos
• In 2022, the official poverty rate in the USA was 11.5%, meaning around 37.9 million people lived in poverty, with around half, 18.1 million, being in "deep poverty"
• In 2022, the child poverty rate was 12.4%, or about 9 million children
• In 2022, around 20% of people living in poverty were Black Americans, despite them only making up 13% of the population
• Around 6% of Black Americans are unemployed compared to only around 3% for White Americans
• Around 28% of people in poverty in the USA are Hispanic despite them making up only around 19% of the population
• Around 25% of people without a High School Diploma are in poverty compared to around 13% who do have one
• Causes of unemployment inequality

  • Name discrimination
  • Lower levels of education
• A study found that applicants with "Black" names were called back on average 10% less than those with "White" names, even when their qualifications were the same
• In 2022, around 42% of White Americans had a bachelor's degree compared to only around 21% of the Hispanic population
• Hair discrimination

  Some employers have been proven to not employ Black women and men as their natural hair is seen as 'unkempt and unprofessional'
• A 2022 study showed that a quarter of Black women surveyed believe they were denied a job because of their hair, and more than half said they felt like they had to wear their hair straight in a job interview to be successful
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

  Provides low-to-no-income Americans with support to purchase food, giving them a debit card with $125 per month for each person in the household
• On average 41.2 million people in 21.6 million households received monthly SNAP benefits in the fiscal year, showing it helps a lot of people, though it doesn't cover all the grocery costs, generally around a third of what people need for food a month
• Affordable Care Act (ACA)

  A health care law enacted in 2010 which is still active in 2022, and in August 2022 Biden signed new legislation that would cap prescription drug costs at $2,000 annually
• the executive branch is the president of the USA, and is currently Joe Biden