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Right-Wingers Are Mad Anti-Welfare Ad Isn't Racist Enough (www.rollingstone.com)

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[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

More than 1/3 of just under 2/3 of the population vs 1/4 of slightly over 1/10 of the population.

Rough estimates

White on food stamps: 76.2 million

Black on food stamps: 11.1 million

[–] dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That’s my point though, those numbers are meaningless. What if I gave you these numbers:

White not on food stamps: 122.6 million

Black not on food stamps: 33.2 million

There are zero valid conclusions to be drawn.

Analyzing the actual numbers, it seems a random black person is 3x more likely to be on food stamps than a random white person in the US.

(0.25/0.13) / (0.38/0.59) = 2.99

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Also, if there are 100 evenly distributed welfare recipients in a room, and you pick one at random, it is more likely they will be white than black.