Referencing investigative journalist John Pilger from his 2006 book Freedom Next Time, O» Toole states that «while the average white household income in South Africa has risen by 15 % in the post-apartheid period,
the average black household income has fallen by 19 %.»
The average black household income in 1955 ($ 2,890) was 55 percent of that of white households ($ 5,228).
D.C. suffers from steep wealth inequality, which maps along racial lines: According to a 2016 report from the Urban Institute, white households in D.C. boast a net worth 81 times greater than that of
the average black household.
Not exact matches
But dig into the numbers and a clearer picture appears: White families
averaged $ 142,000 in wealth, Latinx
households came in at $ 13,700, and
black families brought up the rear at $ 11,000.
Uniontown is nearly 90 percent
black with an
average median
household income 74 percent lower than the national
average.
That is particularly encouraging news considering 70 percent of the scholarship students are
black or Hispanic, and the
average household income is just 9 percent above poverty.
EAL
households make 3.2 choices on
average, as do Asian families, with
black families making 3.7 choices on
average.
Although recycling or re-using toilet water, or «
black water» — about one - third of water use in the
average household — is difficult, although not impossible, because of bacterial contamination, grey water from baths, showers, sinks, dishwashers and laundry machines can be treated and used to flush toilets, water plants and gardens, even wash clothes.