(Many) Whites think blacks are lazy, poor and violent. But that's not what the statistics say.

[daredtowork]

4. I repeatedly bring this up

The majority of welfare recipients aren't black, but politicians use the racist insinuation they ARE black as a way to garner supports to cut welfare programs. Then these cuts hurt poor people across the ethnic spectrum: IIRC the white piece of the pie is larger than the black one - especially when you consider that most of what people mentally project as welfare (money you can live off of) is disability. Black people are not disproportionately disabled. It seems likely to me that white people are more likely to have the legal resources you need to make a disability case before the age of 65, and the family/social resources you need to hold out during the application process.

Anyway, continually indulging in this racism has made things increasingly difficult for actually disabled people since it allows politicians to keep raising the bar on the SSI/SSDI application process while eviscerating general assistance resources people would need to survive during the application process.