African Americans are 20% more likely than Whites to have asthma, a condition that's caused by air pollution
78% of Black Americans live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant, compared with 56% of White Americans
Hurricane Katrina shrank the Black population in New Orleans by 57%
The unemployment rate for Black high school dropouts is 47%. The unemployment rate for White high school dropouts is 26%
Black Moms are over twice as likely as White Moms to experience the death of a baby within the first 28 days of the infant’s life
http://www.alternet.org/books/25-statistics-paint-picture-black-america
People of color are 30% of the US' population, they're 60% of those imprisoned
The incarceration rates for men of color: 1 in every 15 African American men and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men are incarcerated compared to 1 in every 106 white men
Black and Hispanic students are over 70% of those involved in school-related arrests or referrals to law enforcement
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2012/03/13/11351/the-top-10-most-startling-facts-about-people-of-color-and-criminal-justice-in-the-united-states/
In 2012, white males were 38% of the population and committed 4,582 murders and black males were 6.6% of the population but committed 5,531 murders
Black people–are a 5th of the size–committed almost 1,000 more murders than their white counterparts
In 2013, black criminals committed 38% of the murders. Whites accounted for 31%
Chicago’s death toll from 2001–November, 26 2015 stands at 7,401. The combined total deaths during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2015: 4,815) and Operation Enduring Freedom/Afghanistan (2001-2015: 3,506), total 8,321.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/28/5-devastating-facts-black-black-crime/
From Obama’s oath of office through the 4th quarter of 2015, the percentage of black Americans who own homes foundered from 46.1% to 41.9%, according to the Census — down 9.1%
The number of black food-stamp participants exploded across that time frame from 7,393,000 to 11,699,000, the US Department of Agriculture reports — up 58.2%
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/433222/black-americans-barack-obama-going-backwards-under-president-obama
