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African Americans are the only U.S. racial group earning less than in 2000
Chicago Tribune ^ | September 15, 2017 | Heather Long

Posted on 10/15/2017 5:34:42 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

African Americans were worse off financially in 2016 than they were in 2000. The median income for an African American household was $39,490 last year, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released last week. It was $41,363 in 2000. (Both figures are in 2016 dollars, so they have been adjusted for inflation). African Americans are the only racial group the Census Bureau identifies that has been left behind. White, Asian and Latino households have all seen at least modest income gains since 2000.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhoeconomy; blacks; blackunemployment; earnings; freetraitors; illegals; immigration; obama; obamalegacy; openborders; pay; trumpeconomy; wages
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1 posted on 10/15/2017 5:34:42 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Thanks, Obama!

He really did sucker them.


2 posted on 10/15/2017 5:35:46 PM PDT by boycott
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

How can that be after they controlled the US government for 8 full years????????? You mean those in positions of power were only out for themselves, sort of like mega church black preachers seem to enrich themselves too???


3 posted on 10/15/2017 5:36:24 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

They’ve been put on the Democrat Plantation. Deprived of fathers, deprived of any kind of real education, and taught that the taxpayers owe them a living.


4 posted on 10/15/2017 5:38:09 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

They don’t need jobs with all that 0bama Stash to spend.


5 posted on 10/15/2017 5:38:49 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: boycott

But at least they got obamaphones.


6 posted on 10/15/2017 5:39:57 PM PDT by boycott
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Globull Warming? Russian collusion? White guy’s fault?

All the above?


7 posted on 10/15/2017 5:40:39 PM PDT by umgud
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Well they voted for this ... they never learn.


8 posted on 10/15/2017 5:41:00 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (If GOP won House, Senate and Presidency...why are the Democrats still in charge?)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

By african-American, I’m pretty sure they mean black.

But they like to bow down with that silly, magisterial sounding seven-syllable fricking title of nobility.


9 posted on 10/15/2017 5:41:58 PM PDT by Lord Casselreagh
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To: Uncle Sam 911

I’m sure the elites in the group did very, very well, eh?


10 posted on 10/15/2017 5:43:26 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Does this include public assistance funding for each group?


11 posted on 10/15/2017 5:44:11 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
It's tough to get off the DemoRat Plantation


12 posted on 10/15/2017 5:44:25 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: Lord Casselreagh

The term does serve to separate them from all of the non-American blacks in the world who have enough problems without being saddled with that unfair association.


13 posted on 10/15/2017 5:46:02 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Thanks Obama.


14 posted on 10/15/2017 5:47:23 PM PDT by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

We all are earning less due to inflation. Wages have stagnated.


15 posted on 10/15/2017 5:47:36 PM PDT by CodeToad (CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: boycott

Weird. I would have thought Barack Hussein would have fixed that...


16 posted on 10/15/2017 5:54:57 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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17 posted on 10/15/2017 5:55:32 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Root Cause: Approx 80% of black households are single parent (moms only) households. #1 predictor of poverty


18 posted on 10/15/2017 5:57:54 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

This crap is not anymore believable than climate science temperature data.


19 posted on 10/15/2017 5:58:28 PM PDT by JPJones (Who is FOR tariffs? George Washington, Ronald Reagan and Me.)
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20 posted on 10/15/2017 5:59:46 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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