Ratio is white families 1 in 10 is receiving food stamp benefits roughly. Black families it's almost 1 in 3 receiving benefits. You posted the racial article...
The sad fact is as automation gets better and cheaper, mid level jobs will continue to decline. It's conceivable in that in 100 years there will be very little need for manual labor. So the situation is not going to improve over the next century. It's really not a racial thing at all and it sucks you try to make it into one. Uneducated people will find it harder and harder to provide for their families. It doesn't matter what race you are, if you don't have a degree or specialized skill set good luck ever making a living wage unless you simply work longer and harder. The days of a high school diploma and getting a job at 18 where you can afford a house and family in a few years are long gone. Race might make make it even more difficult but no one is immune to being poor in this country. Add in the fact that less than 1% of the population controlles 50% of the wealth and you compound it. Education can help but there are still plenty of college grads working for less then 30k a year.
So if you think who is getting food stamps is REALLY an issue you I'd say take a look at the bigger picture.
Posted By: bigguy30
The fact that you went back to blacks using food stamps disturbingly disproportional says everything about you.
So I guess it bothers you hearing that whites use food stamps the most?
http://breakingbrown.com/2014/03/the-real-welfare-queen-is-uneducated-single-and-white/ Also your comment sounds just like another clown Newt Gingrich
Just remember what happens to people who assume.
I will let this link answer you comment.
Who gets food stamps?
The most recent Department of Agriculture report on the general characteristics of the SNAP program's beneficiaries says that in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2010:
••47% of beneficiaries were children under age 18.
••8% were age 60 or older.
••41% lived in a household with earnings from a job — the so-called "working poor."
••The average household received a monthly benefit of $287.
••36% were white (non-Hispanic), 22% were African American (non-Hispanic) and 10% were Hispanic.
Update, Feb. 5: USDA data understate these figures, however, because participants are not required to state their race or ethnic background. As a result, 18.9% are listed as "race unknown." A more accurate estimate of the racial and ethnic composition of food-stamp recipients can be drawn from U.S. Census data, based on a sample of households surveyed each year in the American Community Survey. For 2010, Census data show the following for households that reported getting food stamp assistance during the year:
•49% were white (non-Hispanic); 26% were black or African American; and 20% were Hispanic (of any race).
