In my neck of the woods (i.e. a part of the country where there are tremendously affluent marjority-black neighborhoods), poverty is less a function of what race you are than:
1) were your parents poor? 2) did you have two parents? 3) did you finish high school / take some college?
Now, there are statistical differences between the various demographic groups, but you'll find that poverty tracks those far more than it tracks skin color.
Race is an outmoded concept, which has outlived its shelf-life (it never had any usefulness to outlive) - let's just worry about poverty reduction: if the poor people happen to have dark skin, we'll help them. If they happen to have light skin, we'll help them. What does skin color matter?
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Date: 2007-08-06 04:16 am (UTC)1) were your parents poor?
2) did you have two parents?
3) did you finish high school / take some college?
Now, there are statistical differences between the various demographic groups, but you'll find that poverty tracks those far more than it tracks skin color.
Race is an outmoded concept, which has outlived its shelf-life (it never had any usefulness to outlive) - let's just worry about poverty reduction: if the poor people happen to have dark skin, we'll help them. If they happen to have light skin, we'll help them. What does skin color matter?