BLOG ENTRY #9: WHY ARE MORE BLACKS HOMELESS IN NEW YORK THAN WHITES (rhetorical question)

 Because they are.

Black people make up less than 30% of the population in New York City, according to statistics, but they appear to make up the majority of the homeless population?  

One  source had African-Americans making up 24% of the city population, but also make up 56% of the homeless.

Why?

The question came up when I realized that I don't see many whites sleeping on the subway.

https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NYCHomelessnessFactSheet_7-2017_citations.pdf

https://www.washingtoninformer.com/blacks-hit-hardest-as-nycs-homeless-population-grows-amid-mental-health-crisis/