On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:15:20 -0500, Lou Decruss >
wrote:

>On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:34:49 -0400, "cybercat" >
>wrote:
>
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>><sf> wrote in message ...
>>> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:47:02 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Are you white...???
>>>
>>> You don't need to be white to qualify for Healthy Families, Healthy
>>> Kids or MediCal (which is specific to California).
>>>
>>
>>The average welfare mom is white and in her 20s, living in a rural area.
>>
>
>From he
>
>http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/myths.html
>
>Make sure you read the "however" in the last sentence.
>
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>
>Myth: Most Welfare Recipients Are African American Women
>
>Fact: Most Welfare Recipients Are Children-Most Women on Welfare Are
>White
>
>Children, not women, are the largest group of people receiving public
>assistance. Less than 5 million of the 14 million public assistance
>recipients are adults, and 90 percent of those adults are women (U.S.
>Bureau of Census, 1995). The majority of the recipients are White (38
>percent), followed by 37 percent African Americans, and 25 percent
>other minority groups (Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans)
>(McLaughlin, 1997). However, African Americans are disproportionately
>represented on public assistance because they are only 12 percent of
>the population (O'Hare, Pollard, Mann, & Kent, 1991).

i'm not one for reparations, but you have to bear in mind that blacks
have a disadvantage when it comes to building family wealth, a great
deal of which is owning a home. they are definitely playing catch-up
there for a variety of reasons.

your pal,
blake