Proportionally, if 10 million out of 46 million impoverished are black, then that's a little over 21 percent. Isn't that still higher than the percentage of actual black people in the United States' population?


But this article does debunk the common notion that many if not most poor people are black.

but the fact that so very many Americans are in these straits.

Back before there was the current welfare or food stamp system, when I was a child, we were very poor. Food stamps would have been a blessing. And unlike those who think that because they made it out of poverty without such aids that everyone else should be able to also, I know how important such things are.

We had a degree of hope that some do not have. We were white, and I always had some sense of how much privilege that actually gave us, and my parents always stressed that we could get an education and get decent jobs. They were right, at least back then.

I am sometimes guilty of thinking people could do better than they do, could save more money, could get a job, and so on. But I also try very hard to remember at all times that each individual's circumstances are different, and I need to not judge. Ever.

children back in the early 1960's and completely empathize with those who today need help from the government. I was lucky enough to come from an extended family with an uncle who was a farmer. He kept us fed when times were hard and I never missed a meal as a child. Unfortunately, many children today aren't so lucky.

is policy of turning poor people against each other based on "race". And that they would not be doing it if it was not working. If there was a study on the subject, I'm pretty sure it would show that poor people are most blatantly racist, rich most latently racist.