Not everyone shares equally in the economic bounty of North America. Discuss economic disparities among ethnic groups, between men and women, and between regions.
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There are vast economic disparities in North America. African Americans and Latinos have incomes that are lower on average than those of whites. Native Americans have some the lowest wages on the continent, whereas the Asian minority has largely prospered. There also exists wage disparity between men and women, with women earning on average 79% what their male counterpart earns. There also exists vast regional disparities in income. The high-growth sectors of the United States which specialize in information technology (such as Silicon Valley have incomes significantly higher than the rest of the continent, whereas several regions suffer from chronic poverty, most notably rural Appalachia, the rural Deep South, and the Canadian maritime provinces.
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