How in the world can Newt Gingrich make a statement suggesting students receiving welfare should be given infrastructure/maintenance (janitorial) jobs after school? Juan Williams, journalist and debate moderator, wanted to know if Newt was unable to see how this might be offensive to "blacks" (P.C. People of color)
Here is some data: While it is true that the actual number of whites on welfare exceeds blacks, roughly 38% whites to 37% blacks (that data is based on a total population of 308 million), it is also apparently true that among welfare recipients the actual number of blacks far exceeds that of whites .....(this data is based on a welfare population of about 15% of total or about 46 million).
So, I guess it just depends on how you want to use numbers (raw number of something "n") or percentage or do you just want to go back and forth from one to the other depending on your agenda? Outside of well researched and peer reviewed academic work, i.e. in politics and media I would say the answer is to just mix them up based on the point that is trying to be made. Right?
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