Standstill: A Research Study on the Prime Factors Associated with the Slow Growth Rate and Stagnation of the Black Population in America

Abstract

Blacks have been the forefront of many evolutionary landmark decisions that stimulated equal opportunity for various types of minorities across the United States. This has resulted in employment and economic growth for minority businesses, as well as the establishment of many black artists, entrepreneurs and political leaders. Over the course of time, however, those numbers have stagnated, and subsequently, declined. This thesis examines the slow growth and stagnation of the black race in America. To fully understand this social issue, it is important to acknowledge its potential leading causes, which are (1) black imprisonment, (2) black on black crime, and (3) high abortion rates among black women. In addition, I examine the following subsidiary concepts throughout this research: national births for blacks, national deaths for blacks, trends in the black American population, as well as the number of foreign-born blacks living in America. Although they make up just roughly 13% of the U.S. population, the black population is not developing as fast as other racial groups in America. As long as blacks continue to be imprisoned at higher rates than prisoners of other races, as long as the crime and homicide ratio among blacks remain high, and as long as black women continue to have the highest abortion rates compared to women of other races in the U.S., the black population will continue to experience a slow progression. And this research aims to prove just that.