> (partially due to the _children_ that middle class families invariably
have),
> it is because of affirmative action programs, which of course are being
> dismantled on a nationwide basis. However, this does not change the fact
that
> most blacks live in poverty, nor does it change the fact that the
onditions
> of
> poverty are getting worse, nor does it change the fact that the wealth
> stratification is growing in leaps and bounds.
The US Bureau of the Census would disagree with you. The 1996
figures on poverty indicate that only 28.4% of black families fall
below the poverty line, and this figure has been declining for
several years.
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