FALSE STATEMENT. The majority of AFDC recipients are NOT white
From US Dept of Health & Human Services (Table 10, breakdown by race), we have:
TABLE 10 AFDC FAMILIES BY RACE OF NATURAL OR ADOPTIVE PARENT OCTOBER 1995 - SEPTEMBER 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RACE OF PARENT! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL NATIVE UN- STATE FAMILIES WHITE BLACK HISPANIC ASIAN AMERICAN KNOWN ---------------- --------- ----- ----- -------- ----- -------- ----- U.S. TOTAL 4,553,308 35.9% 36.9% 20.8% 3.0% 1.4% 2.0%There are more black families on welfare than Whites, and Blacks plus Hispanics make up 57% of the total