Past oppression probably counts for much of the persistence of black poverty: in 1967, according to the census, the average black person had an income that was just 54% of the average white one.

• 过去受的压迫使得现在的黑人持续的贫困：在1967年，根据人口普查资料，平均的黑人收入只有平均的白人收入的54%25。