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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Nice attempt at deflection with "both" but NO. Sorry but it's an objective, documented, quantifiable fact that more white people are on food stamps than black or hispanic. Here are the numbers: 39.8% of SNAP participants are white, 25.5% are African-American, 10.9% are Hispanic, 2.4% are Asian, and 1% are Native American. So whatever opinions or perceptions you have to the contrary are irrelevant given the actual facts[/quote]

LOL!  I was the PP who said "both" and I stand by that.  I do not question your statistics--but you are skipping an important factor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_States

example: whites are 63% of total population and AAs are 12%.  When you compare that to the percentages of SNAP recipients, it is not the same.  A far higher percentage of AAs are on SNAP.

In other words, your comparison does not hold water.  And, FWIW, without the numbers on SNAP, I cannot figure out what the percentages are of the population on food stamps--just the ones who are on SNAP.  I have to leave right now, but maybe I'll research it later.

And, FWIW, I have no objections to SNAP.  No one should go hungry.  But if you are using stats, please use them realistically.  If you had ever taken a stats course, you would know that they can be manipulated to show what you want to show--depending on which stats you use.

Bottom line on your stats: the percentage of AAs on SNAP is double the percentage of AAs in the US.
the percentage of whites on SNAP is 60$ of percentage of population.

Again, these numbers do not indicate anything except to disprove your thesis.[/quote]

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