Where are you people getting these stats? This is being repeated elsewhere and is not based in reality at all.
But it also shouldn't be surprising. There are almost 6x as many white people in the US as black people. Poverty rates amongst white people is about half of black people. Do the math.
You've given the exact reason why your statement is a completely useless red herring. Say there was a minority in the U.S., the Romulans. Let's say literally every single Romulan in the U.S. was impoverished due to hundreds of years of systemic, intentional racism. But there's only, say, 500,000 of them. Half a million.
Your argument is "we shouldn't give more opportunities to the Romulans to counteract the very obvious and intentional systemic racism that put them in the shitty position they're in, because way more white people are in that shitty position. We should only focus on poverty, so that we help 36 white people for every 1 Romulan helped. Even though the Romulans are impoverished because of intentional, systemic racism. Even though their towns were literally bombed if they dared get too successful. Nope, we have to help 36 white people each time we help 1 Romulan." Do you see why that sounds racist?
Your first inclination when someone ask for the source of the statistic you cite is to ask why it's important?
Do you expect anyone to take your argument seriously after doing that?
You may be thinking of poverty rates or proportional percentages if you think the above is untrue. The data is there for you to manipulate for your purposes as you wish, though.
True: There are more white people in poverty (~5.5% of population) than black people [in poverty (~2.5%)] in the US.
False: There are more white people in poverty (~5.5%) than black people [in or out of poverty (~13.6%)] in the US.
