I prefer to look at it like this: we have 105 mice out of 1100 with a problem. Let's fix the problem.
But to answer the question, going by US Census Poverty Line data from 1990, it looks like roughly 30% of Black Families are below the poverty line, and roughly 10% of white families are below the poverty line. As is expected, roughly 40% of all families below the poverty line are in the south. > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 10:48 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Who Doesn't Discriminate? (WAS: playing the race card) > > How could you even attempt to interpret this by Absolute numbers when > you're dealing with different population figures? > And I'm assuming you mean poor whites in America, since as we all know > Whites are a minority when taken as a race worldwide. > > It's like saying if you have 100 Red mice that have a problem out of 1000, > and 5 blue mice that have a problem out of 10, that the > problem is more prevalent in Red Mice than Blue Mice because you have 100 > Red mice with the problem as opposed to 5 blue mice. > Which is the wrong way to interpret it if you are trying to determine > which mouse population is more affected by the problem. > Clearly the Blue mouse population where 50% of the population has the > problem is more affected than the Red mouse population where > only 10% of the population is affected. > > Logic dictates that the same applies when dealing with this topic with > regards to **Minorities** and Non Minorities when answering > the question which population is affected more by poverty or has a higher > poverty level in the US. > > You have to deal with percentages when answering the question "What race > is more likely to be poor in America? Whites or Non > Whites". > It is completely wrong to say 'Whites because there are more of them' in > answer to that question. > > -Gel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145095 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
