We were not trying to answer the question of "what race is more likely to be poor in America". (If we answered that, it would overwhelmingly be Native American.)
The question was, is it race and only race that is truly the major discrimination factor in workplace and college admissions. Or is it poverty. Or social/ethnic differences. Or religion. Or immigration status. Or gender. Or a combination of the above. By noting that there are more whites in poverty than anyone else, we have a good population to test to see if race is the deciding factor. Do these whites have the same kind of admissions and hiring numbers as any other person from the same economic level? Do all of these whites of the same poverty level have the same admissions and hiring numbers? If not, what are the differences? Are they based on area of the country? Family makeup? Family history below the poverty line? School district? Speech patterns and dialect? And, of course, percentages don't always tell the whole story. My friend the moa is very poor. Since he is the only one left, that would mean that the moa has the highest percentage of poverty by population - 100%. (Which he brings up whenever we order the first round of drinks after the flightless bird toss olympics). Jerry Johnson Web Developer Dolan Media Company >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/05 10:48AM >>> 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145098 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
