Compared to White Americans, yes. However, Black Americans are much wealthier than many citizens of more impoverished countries. This is because of 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>
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Compared to White Americans, yes. However, Black Americans are much wealthier than many citizens of more impoverished countries. <ref>http://www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/vanneman/socy441/trends/povrace.html</ref> This is because of 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>
== Possible Reasons for Remaining Poverty ==
== Possible Reasons for Remaining Poverty ==
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=== Crime ===
=== Crime ===
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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.
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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.