re: Slave Reparations from Georgetown University

DM Monty. Give me a number.

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Aren't whites the primary user of government assistance by a very large number?

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The welfare statistics below represent anyone who receives any of the following government subsidies:
– Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as food stamps
– Housing assistance
– Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
– Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), or cash benefits
This does exclude medicaid, medicare, and social security which is where the numbers see a large increase in white/Caucasian numbers. Even then though the numbers do not equate to anywhere close to the population as a whole.

Welfare Demographics Percent Total Number
Percent of welfare recipients who are white / caucasian 16.8 % 11,405,000
Percent of welfare recipients who are black 39.6 % 26,884,000
Percent of welfare recipients who are Hispanic 21.2 % 14,392,000
Percent of welfare recipients who are Asian or Pacific Islander 18 % 12,220,000
Percent of welfare recipients who are Other / Mixed 4.4 % 2,987,000

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Sources: US Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, CATO Institute

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The data you are referring to usually excludes some numbers to skew the numbers or looks solely at one table, for instance the total number of SNAP beneficiaries are roughly 40% white and 30% AA, but the dollars distributed by the program are closer to 30% for both ethnicities. When reading articles from any source with a clearly defined bias, always research their sources and see how they came to the consensus they did. CNN, Fox News, Huff Post, etc. are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to opening eyes to data and sources that can help you make a truly informed opinion. Don't be lazy and simply take the writers opinion of "eye opening" numbers, chase the sources and find your own opinion.