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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
Where did you find a large community of poor white people? As poor as the poor black neighborhoods? I find that very difficult to believe.
In my experience, and it is extensive and daily, the poorest white folks (urban areas we are talking here) live in the same neighborhoods as the poorest black folks. The difference is that they make up about 2% of those neighborhoods.
Again, I seriously doubt you've seen a poor white American neighborhood that compares in any way to a poor black neighborhood.
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A lot of rural communities are extremely poor and populated by white people.
I agree you won't find the densly packed urban areas filled with extremely poor whites, the same way you do with blacks.
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/brows...lvl=2&lvlID=51
"According to the 2007 Census Bureau report, the average African-American family median income was $33,916 in comparison to $54,920 for non-Hispanic White families. In 2007, the U.S. Census bureau reported that 24.5 percent of African-Americans in comparison to 8.2 percent of non-Hispanic Whites were living at the poverty level. In 2007, the unemployment rate for Blacks was twice that for non-Hispanic Whites (8 percent and 4 percent, respectively). This finding was consistent for both men (9 percent compared with 4 percent) and women (8 percent compared with 4 percent). "
To be fair though, Given that there are 5-6 times more whites in America than blacks that still leaves far more whites below the poverty line than balcks (about twice as many).