jasmined: I noted recently that more than one in three Chicago children are living in poverty, according to newly published census data. But a closer look at those figures shows that “one in three” hides a striking inequality. Fewer than one in 11 white kids here are living in poverty—compared with more than one in two black kids. (via Chicago’s growing racial gap in child poverty | The Bleader) This is the first in a series of weekly posts by Steve Bogira addressing the issue of segregation in Chicago. FILMS: The Interrupters, Hoop Dreams, 63 Boycott
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jasmined:

I noted recently that more than one in three Chicago children are living in poverty, according to newly published census data. But a closer look at those figures shows that “one in three” hides a striking inequality.

Fewer than one in 11 white kids here are living in poverty—compared with more than one in two black kids.

(via Chicago’s growing racial gap in child poverty | The Bleader)

This is the first in a series of weekly posts by Steve Bogira addressing the issue of segregation in Chicago.

FILMS: The Interrupters, Hoop Dreams, 63 Boycott

(via gapers)

Source: chicagoreader.com

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