For First Time Ever, Number Of Black Kids In Poverty Higher Than Number Of White Kids

[KamaAina]

Not percentage. Number.

http://financialjuneteenth.com/for-first-time-ever-number-of-black-kids-in-poverty-higher-than-number-of-white-kids/

If anyone was still in doubt that huge segments of the population have been left out of the economic recovery, a new report released by the Pew Research Center dispels that myth with the finding that, for the first time since the Census began tracking children’s poverty rate, the number of Black children living in poverty in the U.S. overtook the number of white children living in poverty.

This has occurred despite the fact that white children outnumber Black children 3 to 1. This means that not only has the economic recovery missed certain segments of the population, it has left behind some of the country’s most vulnerable citizens.

Pew’s definition of poverty is a family of four that has an income under $24,000 a year. Based on this definition, 2 our of every 5, or 38 percent, of the 11 million Black children in the U.S. live in poverty. This is in direct opposition to the fact that the overall number of children living in poverty in the U.S. dropped from 16.3 million in 2010 to 14.7 million in 2013.

Mark Hugo Lopez, the director of Hispanic research at the Pew Research Center, says that the differences in poverty rates for American children can be attributed to the employment and income differences faced by parents. Lopez states, “The labor market has recovered, but the recovery has been uneven.” Black parents are more likely to be unemployed, and even when they are employed, they earn less money than other races.

[randys1]

1. The NUMBER? The percentage you mean, or they mean?

but wait, let me look again

[KamaAina]

2. No, they mean the number.

[randys1]

3. I know what you mean now, I am looking at that...this is insane

[uponit7771]

5. whoa

[840high]

4. The last sentence is important.

Very sad.

[951-Riverside]

6. There will only cause more muggings and robberies as these disadvantaged youths struggle to survive

Meanwhile the media, the local police departments and the white public will look at these youths with scorn.

When people arent given a chance, they don't have a choice.

Welcome to the real world white suburbia.

[daredtowork]

7. Another reason that "the economic" applies to EVERYONE!

No need to split off "the social". We need to fix our economic problems, and this is for everyone.

I love how this study underscores in a super fat red sharpie that The Southern Strategy actually sabotaged poor whites. Stop letting dog whistles appeal to your lowest race-baitable instincts, suckers.

[stevenleser]

10. Actually it means the opposite. It means that social justice is even more important

It's due to racism and bias in hiring affecting their parents that there are such a high percentage of African American children living in poverty such that they can have more in number than white children in poverty.

And the information is out there in a number of studies. It's easier for a white person with a felony conviction to get hired than an African American person with a clean record all things being equal. Latinos have anglicized their name, resubmitted their otherwise same resume to a firm that wouldn't give them a callback, and BAM, they get called for an interview.

The economy improving overall won't fix that.

[Comrade Grumpy]

13. It means both. Why is that so hard for people on either side of this ginned-up divide?

No, an improving economy will not vanquish racism, but being able to get a job or getting better pay makes people's lives better. That doesn't mean you quit pushing against racism, though.

[daredtowork]

14. "ginned-up divide"- thank you!

I've never seen anyone who believes in the importance of address economic discrimination and inequities dismiss the importance of racism or promote the existence of this ostensible divide. "ginned-up" for political purposes is right.

[JI7]

11. no. It means the opposite. otherwise numbers would be more similar

Among the races.

[romanic]

8. Its always been like this.

The numbers are just being told truthfully now.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. important. Sad statistic