I want to point out a couple things from the article:

> In fact, nearly 75% of Blacks are not poor.

~75% of African Americans live above the poverty line, however ~45% of young African American children live below the poverty line.

Also African Americans are the largest ethnic group living in poverty.

Poor in this case is defined as $22,314 for a family of four. Where do the numbers go if you raise that to $37,000 for a family of four, which is still arguably not a lot of money.

While I understand the basis of the authors argument, I did find that 75% statistic to be misleading.