https://www.chicagoreporter.com/new-census-data-shows-persistence-of-poverty-in-chicago/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 14:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/new-census-data-shows-persistence-of-poverty-in-chicago/#comment-11911 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 14:36:00 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=82981#comment-11911 One in 3 blacks in Chicago live in poverty, maybe that’s true, maybe not. But 2 in 3 are not. That means 67% of African people in Chicago are not poor. So that means that we are only given one side of black life in Chicago. All of Black Chicago is not living in some charred out warzone full of gun violence, poverty, unemployment, and homicide. There are plenty of nice, clean, well kept, and middle class and affluent black neighborhoods in Chicago and across the country where they are successful black owned businesses, especially restaurants, beautiful homes and gardens and plenty of cool things to do. Plenty. In every city with major black populations such as Los Angeles, Oakland, Detroit, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, D.C., Baltimore, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, and even Jacksonville, Florida there are lots of upscale and respectable black owned businesses to support, exciting things to see and do, and lots of cultural events going on too. African Americans and others of African descent in this country are such a diverse and colorful people, it’s amazing. We have lost of cultures within our race of people. And our experiences vary. We ain’t all living on the margins, we ain’t all hungry and impoverished, and our lives are shaped by much more than the fight against racism and white supremacy and injustice. We ain’t all going through that everyday. It exists and it’s real but to get all worked up over it, not necessary. Cause we got so much more going on that’s positive.

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