I don't give credit to Affirmative Action for this rise; I give credit to the individuals that worked hard to get where they are.
Racism how many of those 61k rich white people have had it handed down for generations, with the money coming from long before they even got to this country? Most of them. One problem with comparing trends is that you have to take into account the time frame. Also, something very interesting about the stat you just gave, If I've done my math right, the number of blacks in this bracket equates to 12.5 percent of the bracket. The total black population as a percentage of the entire US population is 12.3%. So it seems to me like this bracket is in line with the national average. > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 2:20 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Who Doesn't Discriminate? (WAS: playing the race card) > > What's the point you are trying to make here? > > That the top 5 percent richest people in America are white? > That the top 5 percent White people make more money than the top 5 percent > black people in 2001? > That the top 5 percent white people have always made more money across the > board than the top 5 percent black people? > That there are 61,647 rich white people in this bracket, and only 8,847 > black people in the same bracket? > That despite racism and because of Affirmative action the number of black > people in this earning bracket has been slowly but > steadily increasing since 1966 and that we should therefore keep AA since > it seems to be making a difference? > > What point are you trying to make in response to my statement? > > -Gel > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how to get a fax number that sends and receives faxes using your current email address http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=64 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145255 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
