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Ben Carson admits that black Americans are struggling in Trump’s economy

Charlemagne

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Ben Carson admits that black Americans are struggling in Trump’s economy

Donald Trump's Housing Secretary acknowledged that black home ownership at an all-time recorded low.

JOSH ISRAEL JUL 21, 2019, 12:16 PM

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson admitted Sunday that America’s black homeownership rates have fallen to the lowest levels on record during President Donald Trump’s administration.

Fox News Host Maria Bartiromo asked Carson about a recent report that black homeownership is way down, even as Hispanic homeownership is rising.

He blamed this decline on the lack of “wherewithal in terms of financial knowledge” of black people during the George W. Bush administration.

“Interestingly enough, black home ownership has declined significantly, particularly because of the housing crisis,” said Carson, Trump’s lone black cabinet secretary, referring to the economic meltdown of 2007 and 2008.

“People took advantage of a lot of people who did not have a lot of wherewithal, in terms of financial knowledge about housing. And you know, by manipulating debt-to-income ratios and the various types of manipulations for credit that were done, they put people into houses that they couldn’t afford.” The nation, he said, is “still recovering” from that meltdown.

Carson offered no other explanation as to why the problem is worse under Trump — especially given that the administration frequently boasts that black employment is at all all-time high. He also was unable to explain why homeownership among Latinx people is simultaneously rising.

“It is very important that we do what we can to get people back into housing, because the average net worth of a renter is $5,000, the average net worth of a homeowner is $200,000,” he observed, adding that this “accounts for a lot of the income gap that we are seeing, and we’re working very hard to correct that.”

The 1968 Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in housing decisions. While black homeownership rose for decades after the law’s passage, it has declined to pre-1968 levels in recent years and continues to get worse under Trump.

Early in the interview, Carson defended Trump against charges of racism by noting the generally good economy as proof of his commitment to racial minorities.

“Look at the policies that have been done and look at the people who have been helped,” he urged. “You know, black unemployment at the lowest level ever.” As, apparently, is black homeownership.

https://thinkprogress.org/ben-carson-admits-that-black-americans-are-struggling-in-trumps-economy-62eb96c8eb5b/
 

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Ben Carson is really clueless in his present position as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. No wonder with all the budget cuts in his sector, the very low income renters are living in dire poverty.
 

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Ben Carson is really clueless in his present position as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. No wonder with all the budget cuts in his sector, the very low income renters are living in dire poverty.
Onthebottom says under Trump, black people are doing well.
 

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Onthebottom says under Trump, black people are doing well.
Yes they will be doing as well as they are catching up...........oops okay, only in 228 years time. So not long to go. :rolleyes:

According to the Institute of Policy Studies, it will take Blacks 228 years to close the racial wealth gap. While Blacks are struggling to build wealth, they are still spending money, and currently have a $1.2 trillion buying power. In communities all over the country, the Black underclass and working class are getting worse, Black families are continuing to fall apart, crime continues, and millions of Black men continue to fill prisons.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashley...ling-heres-how-we-can-help-them/#7f596f496a0b
 

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But Phil was bragging about how Trump's mighty 8% support with Black Americans was amazing!
Don’t confuse NAACP delegates with black voters. Those delegates are fully invested in victimhood, there is a sizable middle and upper middle class African American community in the US.
 

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Blacks were struggling even worse when Obama was POTUS. In the Jobs and Tax Cuts Act of 2017 the Trump admin set up economic opportunity zones in poor inner cities across the country. Not sure what their impact is so far but at least they are thinking outside the box. Obama's solution was give out more food stamps and increase unemployment and welfare benefits.
 
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