They aren’t “black households” if they don’t have a house… just sayin. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

× segregation

Didn’t believe this at first. I’m in the Deep South and I often wondered why there were so few homeless black people when they’re 23% of the population. Had put it down to stronger family bonds, my only guess.

The poster is talking about “households” and “families”, but the numbers are about what I found for individuals. Black population: 13.6%. Black homeless: 40%. Those numbers agree across a wide range of sites I visited. So this is blown up to make a point that’s bad enough with real numbers.

“Racialized housing deprivation”?! What a stupid, made-up word. We already have “systemic racism”. It’s a perfect fit and exactly what’s going on here.

And while I’m rambling for no purpose except to avoid yardwork, I’ll share my racism story.

I’m white, total white bread name, something like Brian Collins, middle name is totally “black”. Couldn’t get a job, even postings I was overqualified for. Finally found the issue with my resume. Changed my email to drop the middle name. After a month with zero replies, next week had 3 interviews and 2 offers.