• The majority of Black male students in the United States do not graduate from high school.
• Almost half of Black girls had at least one sexually transmitted disease, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control. Teens were tested for human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, trichomoniasis and herpes. AIDS infection rates are also higher for Black youth.
• The rate of Black suicide for teens 15-19 more than doubled from 3.6 per 100,000 to 8.1 per 100,000 from 1980-1995. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among Black youth.
• One-third of Black children are in poverty and Black children are more likely to fall out of the middle class. In Washington, D.C, an estimated 85 percent of Black girls live in poverty.
• In 2007, only about 20 percent of Black teens nationally had jobs.
• A Black boy born in 2001 had a 1 in 3 chance of going to prison in his lifetime.
• Just 9 percent of D.C. students make it through both high school and college.
• Infant mortality for Blacks is more than twice the rate for Whites.
• Just 34.6 percent of Black children lived in a two-parent household in 2006.
Of course all the conclusions blame George Bush for every one of their problems.