Wow. We've been
hearing rumblings of this
phenomenon for a while now, but never to this extent:
At first glance, the realities facing Wisconsin’s black residents seem to be on par with those in the rest of the country. Nationwide, black Americans trail their white counterparts in unemployment by a two-to-one ratio, make 60% of the average household income of whites, and have just 8% of the wealth of the average white household. Housing segregation is still common in many major American cities. Black incarceration rates far exceed those for whites—particularly for drug-related crimes.
But a review of major studies published in the past few years suggests that Wisconsin’s black population has fallen to the back of the pack. The state has the highest rate of black unemployment in the nation and the highest rate of black incarceration. Black children are ranked the lowest in the country for overall well-being. And in categories where it fails to be the very worst, it falls short by inches
According to the article, Wisconsin has the worst rates of incarceration of black men, worst child well-being for black children, worst rates of child poverty, and fourth worst overall black poverty in the country, along with the sixth worst rates of homeownership and teen pregnancy among black citizens. You can read the entire article
here. If you're a Wisconsinite, some of the numbers and diagnoses thrown out here might be pretty dispiriting.