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faultroy Wrote: Sep 07, 2012 4:30 PM
You need to understand that statistically 51% of black americans are in the middle and upper classes. 80% are in the lower middle and upper classes. 20% are in the poverty level--a number far higher than their white counterparts. The 80% uses the 20% as a means of upward social mobility--a techninque agreed to by both Dems and Repubs. The "ghetto" houses only 20% of all black americans--I know, I watched Cabrini Greens built--I lived right next door.
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