Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders was attacked by right wingers for depicting a lazy, white, gamer named "Brad" in an ad about welfare fraud.
  • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 天前

    More than 1/3 of just under 2/3 of the population vs 1/4 of slightly over 1/10 of the population.

    Rough estimates

    White on food stamps: 76.2 million

    Black on food stamps: 11.1 million

    • dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 天前

      That’s my point though, those numbers are meaningless. What if I gave you these numbers:

      White not on food stamps: 122.6 million

      Black not on food stamps: 33.2 million

      There are zero valid conclusions to be drawn.

      Analyzing the actual numbers, it seems a random black person is 3x more likely to be on food stamps than a random white person in the US.

      (0.25/0.13) / (0.38/0.59) = 2.99

      • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        1 天前

        Also, if there are 100 evenly distributed welfare recipients in a room, and you pick one at random, it is more likely they will be white than black.