Who gets welfare? Despite prevailing stereotype, whites, not blacks, collect greatest share of public aid dollars
Ebony, Dec, 1992
The question of who gets welfare is one that society would do well to ponder. As it stands now, poor Black Families are up against the burdens of systematic racism, urban warfare and limited paths leading up and out of poverty. And many working class and middle class Black families are a paycheck away from joining their poorer brothers.
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The welfare question goes to the heart of individual attitudes about race, class, values and beliefs. Those judgments, often made by the powerbrokers who shape public policy, rarely coincide with the sensibilities of the poor. How they decide who gets welfare can irrevocably alter the destinies of generations of impoverished people.
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darkrob033004
RE: Ebony
While stereotypes are never good misleading is not either. I
work for Social Services and can say in my area as well as
the nationwide numbers Blacks lead in benefit consumption,
depending on the study statistics can be twisted to say
whatever you want. If you go by area yes whites lead in
some because the area is mostly white. However race is not
the reason behind the numbers Blacks tend to gravitate more
toward Urban areas and urban areas are more prone to
economic downturn. Also education is a factor whites are
more likely to go to college and in most cases a college
education will provide you a career that can provide
sufficient support for a family.The problem is cultural and
many good black leaders are fighting hard to correct the
problem.
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