2002 Statistics from Census Bureau
After reading this thread I figured I would do a little homework. Here is what I found from the U.S. Department of Commerce and US Census Bureau
-55.3% of the black population lives in the south / 33.3% of the white non- hispanic population lives in the South
-51.5 percent of the black population lives in a metropolitan area, inside central city / 21.1 percent of the white population lives in a metropolitan area, inside central city
-Of the black population 35.5% are under 18 while 6.7% are 65 and over
-Of the Non-hispanic whites 29.9% are under 18 while 12.4% are 65 and over
-45% of black men have never married, 42% of black women have never married
-28% of white non-hispanic men have never married, 21.3% of white non-hispanic women have never married
-39% of black men have married, 31.1 percent of black women have never married
-59.3% of white non-hispanic men have married, 55.1 percent of white non-hispanic women have married
-21.5% of black men have less than high school education
-11.5% of white non-hispanic men have less than high school education
-34.8% of black men are high school graduates
-31.5% of white non-hispanic men are high school graduates
-27.3% of black men have some college
-25.2% of white non-hispanic have some college
-16.4% of black men have a Bachelors degree or more
-31.7% of white non-hispanic men have a bachelors degree or more
-11.9% of black men are unemployed of civilian labor force
-5.7% of white non-hispanic men are unemployed of civilian labor force
-Blacks of all ages have a higher poverty rate 22.7% compared to white non-hispanics of 7.8%
For the full info - here's the link
http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-541.pdf
From all this info this IMHO is what it seems.
-The blacks of NO are at the bottom of the poverty barrell. Because of this they have become dependant upon government aid to help them see it through difficult times.
-It has been said that ignorance is overcome with education. The lower overall education levels lead to a closed mindset of the world outside NO.
-Because the black population in the South is proportionately larger their message is louder and more vocal.
-Typically the inner city mindset of black youth is to try and portray the immage of the rap moguls and music stars scene on TV. The black community overall is a multimillion dollar spending machine which overlooks some of the basic needs to keep this image.
-Fear and frustration force people to look for others to blame.
-The media is going to communicate anything that gives them more publicity and a story. When was the last time we heard about Tommy winning a spelling B??
-As i recall either earlier this week or at the end of last week a white non-hispanic woman who is from the 9th ward was pleading for the government to get it's act together. The blacks might be trying to say the same thing but they are looking at it in terms of black or white. Personally I agree with IndianDean. This is about the poor and wealthy, it just happens the the marjority of the poor are black.
