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http://www.citypages.com/news/were-no-2-wisconsin-now-more-racist-than-minnesota/390333382
We're No. 2! Wisconsin now more racist than Minnesota
We're No. 2! Wisconsin now more racist than Minnesota
According to an end-of-year report by financial news site 24/7 Wall Street, Wisconsin’s black unemployment rate is a staggering 20.8 percent (highest in the nation), and its incarceration rate is third highest, mostly thanks to Milwaukee.
The median annual income for black households is $26,053. That’s less than half of white Sconnies’ median income of $56,083.
Minnesota, though comparably less bleak, ranks an unfortunate No. 2 on 24/7 Wall Street’s list. Here, 216 per 100,000 white people are imprisoned, while black Minnesotans are incarcerated at 2,321 out of 100,000.
As for median income, black households in Minnesota don’t earn much more than they do in Wisconsin at just $27,026 a year. That's also less than half of what white Minnesotans make.
No wonder then, that black homeownership rate here is the eighth lowest in the nation: 24 percent.