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56.1 percent—of Black female-headed ›ercent-of Black female-he households live in poverty." $32,000, while his wife brings $28,000 as a teacher or nurse."
"In contrast," Hacker states, "12.1 percent of all white men receive over $50,000, and many more of them are the sole or dominant earners in their households."
On the other side of the economic ledger, Hacker points out that there has also been a 2.4 percent increase in the number of Black families that earn less than $15,000.
Hacker's conclusion is that while there has been a slight economic stratification in the Black community, it has not qualitatively altered the downward slide of many more Black families.
Hacker's book is extremely valuable because it examines, with historical statistics, almost every aspect of Black life. He details gains—and setbacks—in education, housing, and healthcare. And he concludes that being Black in America is a hard job.
Compensation for being Black In his book, Hacker related how he conducted an experiment with his white pupils to see what their reaction would be if they were suddenly to become Black. He told them that due to an "error" they would all be Black for the next 50 years of their lives, but that they could ask for compensation for this "mistake."
Hacker states,"When this parable has been put to white students, most seemed to feel that it would not be out of place to ask for $50 million, or $1 million for each of the coming "Black years."
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