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[Griz882]

Oh no….one might posit I’ve made a mess of a few!

 

[IKE]

Today, black Americans living in the old South, on average, are more wealthy than black Americans living in the north and west, which had no Jim Crow laws or lynchings.

Keep going with the tropes that don't explain the empirical data and trying to make me feel bad about shit that happened when my grandparents were in diapers.

I'm neither agreeing or disagreeing with you, but throwing a spear at your stat usage.

Means are sensitive to outliers. A few multi-millionaires decide to stick it out (or move to) Atlanta, and now the average income is higher for southern blacks than northern (what about western?). Have data on median black income by region? Or better yet, an actual distribution?

 

[hscs]

I'm neither agreeing or disagreeing with you, but throwing a spear at your stat usage.

Means are sensitive to outliers. A few multi-millionaires decide to stick it out (or move to) Atlanta, and now the average income is higher for southern blacks than northern (what about western?). Have data on median black income by region? Or better yet, an actual distribution?

And what is considered “old South”….is Missouri there?

 

[SteveHolt!!!]

And what is considered “old South”….is Missouri there?

These are all amazing questions. I bet a little investment in some sort of academic discipline that Studies the African American experience with scholarly rigor might be able to shed some light.

 

[Spekkio]

You're more than welcome to join me every week when I volunteer to drive around town delivering food-bank donated bags of groceries to what are generously characterized as "houses" where a lot of the kids in my district live. It's a small district, very small, less than 3,000 kids, and more than a 1/3 of them qualify for meal assistance. The residences I'm delivering groceries to are not choosing Applebees over fresh vegetables. They're choosing between gas, utilities, insurance, and groceries. Again, hit me up, fly yourself here, and I'll sign you up for a shift.

Good on you for giving back (seriously). But you have to realize that the 'small district, very small' of less than 3,000 kids does nothing to refute the aggregate data.

Means-tested subsidized school lunch was always available in the vast majority of school districts.

 

[Spekkio]

And what is considered “old South”….is Missouri there?

I admittedly should have used 'former slave states.'

@IKE, no, I can't find more detailed data on the subject. See earlier about my angst about funding research that goes against the status quo answers. But it's an unexpected result, both because of Jim Crow laws in the south and also because the average income in non-former slave states is higher in aggregate.

 

[Faded Float Coat]

Good on you for giving back (seriously). But you have to realize that the 'small district, very small' of less than 3,000 kids does nothing to refute the aggregate data.

Means-tested subsidized school lunch was always available in the vast majority of school districts.

If the size of the district is the part of my post you're focused on, you're likely missing the larger point.

WRT means testing, that's a sure fire way to get fewer kids who need the assistance to actually get the assistance. In large part, the reason why grocery bags are delivered is so kids dont have to walk out of school with bags of groceries. If that nuance doesn't make sense - I dont know what to tell you.