| Big disparities among races, new study shows
By Carol Ness The San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 2001 Stealing thunder from the soon-to-be-released U.S. Census 2000, a San Francisco public policy group has compiled a richly detailed and up-to-date look at Californians. The broad portrait is familiar -- generally, life has improved for most racial and ethnic groups since 1970 -- but the report's details make clear that people are experiencing the state's diversity in radically different ways. Its 200 pages and 200 charts expose glaring disparities, especially in studying subgroups: Where Asians generally are thriving, Southeast Asians are floundering. Where many people are better off, many more Hispanic and African American children are living in poverty. African American men die much younger than any other group. White men earn more than U.S.-born Hispanic, Asian or African American men with similar educations. The report, "A Portrait of Race and Ethnicity in California" by the Public Policy Institute of California, was made public today. |