45 Percent of Homeless Vets Are African Americans
A shocking 45 percent of the nation’s estimated 131,000 homeless veterans are African-American, according to a new report by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, a well-known advocacy and research organization.
And, just as shocking, according to the alliance, is the reality that a staggering 42 percent of the the nation’s total homeless population is African-American.
The report was issued on the heels on a pledge made by President Barack Obama to end homelessness among veterans within five years.
“You’re afraid to bleed. Long as the white man send you to Korea, you bled. He sent you to Germany, you bled. He sent you to the South Pacific to fight the Japanese, you bled. You bleed for WHITE PEOPLE. But when it comes time to seeing your Black churches being bombed and little Black girls murdered, you haven’t got no blood.”
– The Original GRAND MASTER SEN$Ei Malcolm X – Nov. 9, 1963.
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