African american Quote by Karl Alexander

“While this number puts the economic fragility of America’s families in a new light, the shocking statistic is that nine out of every ten…

— Thomas Shapiro

There are plenty of African-Americans in this country - and I would say this goes right up to the White House - who are…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

In the treatment of poverty nationally, one fact stands out: there are twice as many white poor as Negro poor in the United States.…

— Martin Luther

Whites have more than eleven times the net worth or wealth of African Americans. They make greater salaries. Our unemployment rate is twice theirs.…

— Randall Robinson

“The number of working-class whites in high-poverty neighborhoods is growing. In 1970, 25 percent of white children lived in a neighborhood with poverty rates…

— J.D. Vance

“number of working-class whites in high-poverty neighborhoods is growing. In 1970, 25 percent of white children lived in a neighborhood with poverty”

— J.D. Vance

Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites.

— Anonymous

“Millions of Americans instinctively associate “poverty” with “black.”

— David Cay Johnston

Too often the media assumes that "poverty" is an African American or a Latino issue. Of course, that's nonsense. While a higher percentage of…

— Sasha Abramsky

“Partly, it is because we tend to think of black and white poverty differently. Sandra Barnes (2005, 17), citing census data from 2000, notes…

— Karl Alexander

Poor white people and poor black people just don't know how much they have in common. Rich people don't give a damn about either…

— Charles Barkley

“African Americans own 2.7 percent of the nation’s wealth, and make up 40 percent of the incarcerated population.”

— Ibram X. Kendi