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In reply to the discussion: White People Think One Black Person's Success Proves Racism Is Over [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)So is the face of America. 63% of Americans (200 million, give or take) are white. Only 1 in 8 Americans are black, but 1 in 4 (by your stats above) of those living in poverty are black. 1 in 4.5 of those without health insurance were black. So the percentage of black Americans in poverty or without healthcare is greater than among white Americans, by your own stats. Simply using total numbers without actually checking them against the percentages of the subpopulations is misleading. A greater percentage of blacks live in poverty than the percentage of whites living in poverty.
And the average net worth of black households is something like 1/20th the net worth of white households. It was all the 'up' to 1/10th before the recession, but economic crises drain wealth from the poorest households more strongly than the richer ones.