What If Black America Were a Country?

[GBCW 397]

What If Black America Were a Country?

The statistics reveal a fragile state within a superpower.

THEODORE R. JOHNSON OCT 14 2014, 8:10 AM ET

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If black America were a nation-state, how would it stack up against other countries? How would it fare on standard measures of national power and weakness?

Naturally, this exercise presumes a monolithic black America, but this is a standard hazard when comparing large entities using statistical medians and per-capita rates. Another obvious concern is that a sub-national, racial demographic is not equivalent to a sovereign nation.

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In the infographics below, two pictures emerge. The first is of a strong nation with considerable manpower and purchasing power. The second is of a troubled, fragile state suffering from socioeconomic disparities and structural subjugation in ways that degrade life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (on some measures, black America resembles countries like Brazil, China, and Russia—emerging powers that are struggling with stark economic inequality).

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[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

This is going to get ugly...

[GBCW 397]

Ugly? Why? Don't be racist, Marvin. Black people are beautiful too.

[Girl from Celebes 588]

I feel something interesting will come. I am going to watch.

[decocker 7,198]

check out that incarceration rate.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

check out that incarceration rate.

Prison corporations have to live too, you know?

[Girl from Celebes 588]

This is getting good!

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

check out that incarceration rate.

I wonder how long it will be before someone from the middle comes in and says the tagline...

Ugly? Why? Don't be racist, Marvin. Black people are beautiful too.

Please. Black people invented racism, then the White man stole it.

[GBCW 397]

they stole it and made it better. like all the other stuff they stole.

[decocker 7,198]

check out that military participation %.

[Teddy B 17,251]

check out that military participation %.

Imagine what that incarceration rate would be without the military.

And to think they are only 13% of the population.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Imagine what that incarceration rate would be without the military.

And to think they are only 13% of the population.

If I didn't join,I'd have other options. But I know the military saved more than a few people I've seen, black or white.

[MyLittlePony 340]

Im not touching this subject.

[Dan and Judy 614]

If blacks had their own country their unemployment wouldn't be so high cuz the white people wouldn't be takin all the jobs