You hear this one often...
“2. There are more whites than blacks on welfare
When responding to this, educated people often mention that only percentages matter, not raw numbers. But here’s the real surprise: The basic assertion itself is incorrect and has been since the 1990s welfare reform. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Family Assistance, in 2002 (the last year I found statistics for), 659,296 white families were on welfare versus 782,914 black families. This phenomenon held true even when norming for income: Poor whites were less likely to receive welfare than poor blacks.”
That’s a real eye opener. I knew the percentages were heavily weighted to the blacks but I figured there were so many more whites that the total would have to be more. Interesting.
Less than 1 million in both races? I do understand it is per family, but statistically that’s only 4 people. Seems to me these numbers are too low.