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I don't think poor, white people are an edge case. As of 2007, 9.9% of the white, non-hispanic population lived in poverty (compared to 27.6% of black people a
by tdfx 14y ago
I don't think poor, white people are an edge case. As of 2007, 9.9% of the white, non-hispanic population lived in poverty (compared to 27.6% of black people and 26.6% of hispanics). The numbers are lower, but they are far from edge cases. The source of adversity in the human experience is not solely rooted in race.
- Natsu 14y agoJust curious, but what do you get if you multiply those percentages by the size of those groups?
- clarky07 14y ago~24 mil white ~11 mil black ~14 mil hispanic Imagine that. All kinds of people leaving in poverty and having disadvantaged lives.
- Synthetase 14y agoAfrican Americans constitute 15% of America. White Americans constitute 74% of America. Thus African Americans are more than twice as likely to live under the poverty line. Those are not I odds I would like to gamble with had I been born black. You won a lottery when you were born.
- Natsu 14y agoMerely being born American made us winners in that lottery, if you get down to it. Is anyone really against the idea that all 49 million need help?
- flyinRyan 14y agoYou mean being born a first world country. But there are other first world countries that have better average quality of life than the US.
- Natsu 14y agoThere will always be some people who have it better than others. I would prefer that we make sure that those who have it the worst comparatively don't have it that bad on an absolute scale.