John J. Donohue & Charlie Grabois debunk an increasingly common right-wing claim about poverty and crime rates in Black America.
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Jul 27, 2026
John J. Donohue
and Charlie Grabois
With inaccurate claims about Black Americans’ poverty and crime rates having migrated from the far-right fringe to mainstream outlets like the Wall Street Journal, it is worth considering what the data actually say. Doing so will show that there is no empirical basis for such claims, only an ideological one.
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