Is not having a high school diploma the same thing as being Hispanic?

Question

If the average person who did not graduate from high school makes $25,515 a year and that is about the same for the average hispanic, does that mean that most hispanics do not graduate, or that the salaries are just the same?

Answer 1

Where do you get your stats???????

Answer 2

Statistically a lower percentage of hispanics and other minorities do not graduate High School as compared to the majority (white).

Some people believe this is due to an inherent lack of opportunities afforded to the poor and underprivileged. They believe in government spending and regulation to insure that everybody gets the same thing.

Others believe that everybody is afforded the same opportunity of public school and therefore the divide amonst production and stature between different economic classes has to do more with aspiration and drive.

It just depends which side of the political fence you are on.

Answer 3

There is not enough information and research data that would lead to a plausible connection between the two. I know that sounds horrible, but there could be a number of reasons for the figures to be so close. I live in a community in which the Hispanic population is the majority. This is a mining community where we have a 97% graduation rate and the average household income is $46,000. The majority of the population drive trucks, operate machinery, etc... for the mine. My area goes against the figures you cite, so I would guess that perhaps the sample population only included large urban areas.

Answer 4

You can't "nail the problem" to only the Hispanic population. All races suffer the same fate. While "slice of life" experiences--those people have every day--are the best teachers, its always been hard for me to believe that someone without a full high school education can make salaries like that--it's a gift? Yeah, at whose knee?

Answer 5

Yes. Half of Mexicans drop out of highscool... see below.
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Public School Graduation Rates in the United States

Jay P. Greene, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Marcus A. Winters
Research Associate, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Executive Summary

The report’s main findings are the following:

The national graduation rate for the public school class of 2000 was 69%. The rate for white students was 76%; for Asian students it was 79%; for African-American students it was 55%; for Hispanic students it was 53%; and for Native Americans it was 57%.

Answer 6

level of education has absolutely nothing to do with cultural background. The salary earned has to do with type of job, geographical area of employment, how well you do the job. Since "Hispanic" refers to every person in the entire world whose linguistic roots are from Spain, I doubt that the average salary is $25,515 in the first place and since they are scattered over the entire world educational systems are different. In other words, you question doesn't really make any sense.

Answer 7

They are in no way related...in order for them to be related it would mean that nearly all people who don't graduate from high school are hispanic, which is not true. It's just a coincidence.

Answer 8

I'm not too sure what u mean by that, there are alot of Latin people that make good money way more than that, I guess it all depends on your education. Most people if they are making that amount of money obviously didn't get a higher education. Or they may not be a citizen of the United Stares and therefore the employer may take advantage of that. Education is the way to go!!

Answer 9

Neither my husband nor I graduated from high school and neither of us are Hispanic yet together we make over $75,000/year.

Answer 10

probably just a co-incidence. Look up the word Hispanic by the way