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Black Americans are much poorer than White Americans, and yet racial discrimination by the state and nearly all private entities has been illegal for over 40 years. Why are Black Americans still so poor? Asian Americans, who often faced similar discrimination and started from equally humble backgrounds, are comparatively richer. This mystery is compounded by the fact that Asian Americans often did not have the advantage of coming from backgrounds that emphasized Christianity or capitalism.

Black Americans are much more impoverished than white Americans, despite the illiegalization of racial discrimination over 40 years ago.  Conversely, Asian Americans, who often started from equally humble backgrounds, are comparitively wealthy. This mystery is compounded by the lack of Christian and capitalist values of many Asian Americans' upbringings. So why are black Americans still poor?

== Are Black Americans really poor? ==

==Are Black Americans Really Poor?==

 

Compared to white Americans, yes. However, black Americans are much wealthier than many citizens of more impoverished countries.  Similarly, black Americans&mdash;and indeed, Americans as a whole&mdash;have the luxury of a much higher quality of life.  This increased quality of life is attributed to American [[conservative values]].<ref>See Also [[Mystery:Why Do Black Americans Vote For Liberal Candidates?]] for a discussion of black Americans holding conservative values.</ref>

They are much poorer than White Americans, but that does not make them poor. <ref>http://www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/vanneman/socy441/trends/povrace.html</ref> Black Americans are much richer than many people in many other countries, thanks in part to their [[conservative values]] (see also [[Mystery:Why Do Black Americans Vote For Liberal Candidates?]] for a discussion of Black Americans holding conservative values). America's capitalist system also helps to "lift all boats".

== Possible Reasons for Remaining Poverty ==

== Possible Reasons for Remaining Poverty ==

=== Crime ===

=== Crime ===

Liberal courts have been soft on crime. Prison thus fails to act as a deterrent to those tempted to crime and fails to keep determined criminals off the street. Instead, they are released on technicalities, only to prey on Black Americans.

Liberal courts have been soft on crime. Prison thus fails to act as a deterrent to those tempted to crime and fails to keep determined criminals off the street. Instead, they are released on technicalities, only to prey on black Americans.

=== Black Separatism ===

=== Black Separatism ===