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Iowa Law Review, "State Civil Rights Statute: Some Proposals" Page 1070

1070   IOWA LAW REVIEW   [Vol. 49

Estimated Lifetime Earnings of White and Nonwhite Males by Level of School Completed (1960)

White
Non-white

Completed Elementary School
$191,000
$123,000

Completed High school
$253,000
$151,000

Completed College
$395,000
$185,000

   The above table shows that the relative earnings gap between whites and nonwhites increases with educational attainment. it also illustrates the shocking fact that the average nonwhite with four years of college can expect to earn less over a lifetime than the white who did not go beyond the eighth grade. The geographic differentials submerged in the above national figures are not significant. Substantially the same picture would be projected if a separate chart were constructed for each region of the United States.10
   When the prior data is examined in light of the large quantities of specific evidence of employment discrimination against Negroes in this country,11 an injurious denial to nonwhites of an equal opportunity to earn a living is clearly suggested. As the District of Columbia Ad-
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10 The nonwhite college graduate in the South might expect to earn about $154,000 in his lifetime. The Southern white who completed only the eighth grade can expect to earn about 8 per cent more ($167,000). In Northern and Western States, where earnings are considerably higher than in the South, the nonwhite with 4 years of college can expect to earn only slightly more in a lifetime ($209,000) than the white elementary school graduate ($198,000)_. Id. at 325.
11 See generally 3 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REPORT, EMPLOYMENT (1961).

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1070 IOWA LAW REVIEW [Vol. 49 Estimated Lifetime Earnings of White and Nonwhite Males by Level of School Completed (1960) White Non-white Completed Elementary School $191,000 $123,000 Completed High school $253,000 $151,000 Completed College $395,000 $185,000 The above table shows that the relative earnings gap between whites and nonwhites increases with educational attainment. it also illustrates the shocking fact that the average nonwhite with four years of college can expect to earn less over a lifetime than the white who did not go beyond the eighth grade. The geographic differentials submerged in the above national figures are not significant. Substantially the same picture would be projected if a separate chart were constructed for each region of the United States.10 When the prior data is examined in light of the large quantities of specific evidence of employment discrimination against Negroes in this country,11 an injurious denial to nonwhites of an equal opportunity to earn a living is clearly suggested. As the District of Columbia Ad- ________________________ 10 The nonwhite college graduate in the South might expect to earn about $154,000 in his lifetime. The Southern white who completed only the eighth grade can expect to earn about 8 per cent more ($167,000). In Northern and Western States, where earnings are considerably higher than in the South, the nonwhite with 4 years of college can expect to earn only slightly more in a lifetime ($209,000) than the white elementary school graduate ($198,000)_. Id. at 325. 11 See generally 3 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REPORT, EMPLOYMENT (1961).