Shirley Thompson offers a moving study of a world defined by racial and cultural double consciousness. More minority politicians are being elected to public office, but minorities are more likely than non-Hispanic whites to serve time in prison. In 2013, the birth rate for women ages 15 to 29 continued to decline across all age groups, following a small peak in 2007. Black workers are more likely to be employed in the public sector than are either their white or Hispanic counterparts.

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