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Question

Percentage of Population in Poverty
1960 Blacks 34% Whites 17%
1970 Blacks 32% Whites 9%
1980 Blacks 31% Whites 10%

Millions of People in Poverty
1960 Blacks 9 M. Whites 28 M.
1965 Blacks 8 M. Whites 22M.
1970 Blacks 7 M. Whites 17 M.
1975 Blacks 8 M. Whites 18 M.
1980 Blacks 9 M. Whites 19 M.

1 - What was the trend for the percentage of blacks and whites in poverty between 1960 and 1980?

2 - What are the trends for the total numbers of blacks and whites living in poverty between 1960 and 1980?

3 - How is it possible that there are more whites in poverty, when a far higher percentage of blacks live in poverty?

PLZ help me OUT. Thank you!

Answer 1

1. Stable for blacks. Dropping almost 50% for whites between 1960 and 1970, then remaining stable

2. Decreasing slightly between 1960 and 1970 then returning to 1960 levels by 1980 for blacks. Decreasing by 11m between 1960 and 1970 for whites then creeping back up by 2 million between 1970 and 1980.

3. Because there are more whites in the total population than there are blacks. For example, if your population consisted of just 100 people (20 blacks and 80 whites) and 50% of blacks were in poverty with 20% of whites also in poverty - this would equate to 10 blacks and 16 whites in real numbers. More whites in poverty despite a higher percentage of blacks living in poverty.

Hope this all helps.

Answer 2

1. Johnson introduced the Welfare initiatives, which served a small portion of blacks, less than intended, but more whites benefitted from the economic trends that were beneficial to the Baby Boomer generation, such as the developing IT industry.

2. Linking questions 1 and 3 for the answers. The drug trade also had it's impact on the whole of the lower economic range.

3. Simply a difference reflected by the number of Blacks versus whites per capita within the population.

Answer 3

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