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minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·22 hours agoThe racist shit is just meant to divide the poor. There are more poor white people than black.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 hours agoThere are a whole bunch of historical reasons as to why black families may be more prone to poverty in the US. The system was literally built to ensure that remains true.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·21 hours agoNot the person you replied to, but that’s not what they said. They said there’s more poor black people than white. Total numbers, not per capita. But its also false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States Edit: Actually https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/05/who-is-receiving-social-safety-net-benefits.html
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 hours agoI was just trying to add historical context, not make any claims about statistics. Whatever the rate is, it’s worse than it should be for people of color due to hundreds of years of systemic racism that’s still built into the system.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoThats fair. I’m adding actual stattics so people here can discuss facts and not what they think is true.
The racist shit is just meant to divide the poor. There are more poor white people than black.
There are a whole bunch of historical reasons as to why black families may be more prone to poverty in the US. The system was literally built to ensure that remains true.
Not the person you replied to, but that’s not what they said.
They said there’s more poor black people than white. Total numbers, not per capita.
But its also false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States
Edit:
Actually
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/05/who-is-receiving-social-safety-net-benefits.html
I was just trying to add historical context, not make any claims about statistics.
Whatever the rate is, it’s worse than it should be for people of color due to hundreds of years of systemic racism that’s still built into the system.
Thats fair.
I’m adding actual stattics so people here can discuss facts and not what they think is true.