Interesting discussion happening on the #DisabilityTooWhite tag. Also a lot of horseshit.
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Replying to @St_Rev
Strangely, recent SSI disability reports don't show beneficiaries by race. But if you go back to 2000: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2000/di_asr00.pdf …
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Replying to @St_Rev
Table 2, page 28: 4.4 million white recipients, 1 million black recipients. 2% of whites, 2.6% of blacks in 2000. http://www.infoplease.com/us/statistics/us-population-by-race.html …
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Replying to @St_Rev
Meanwhile, according to the Census Bureau, in 2005 whites had an adjusted disability rate of 17.9, blacks of 23.2. http://www.census.gov/people/disability/publications/disab10/table_2.pdf …
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Replying to @St_Rev
2.6/2 = 1.3. 23.2/17.9 = 1.3. We can conclude that disabled blacks get disability benefits at almost exactly the rate disabled whites do.
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Replying to @St_Rev
But yeah, complain about representation in photographs, that's much more important.
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At best it's a distraction.
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