3. One statistic that truly stood out to me is “Forty-three percent of the people in North Lawndale live below the poverty line—double Chicago’s overall rate.” How is this possible? This is the cause of systemic issues within our government. Black families and other minority groups moving to cities when they were able to and now can’t get out. There aren’t enough opportunities and it’s white supremacy keeping them where they are. Another disturbing stat that I saw is “The average per capita income of Chicago’s white neighborhoods is almost three times that of its black neighborhoods.” This statistic disturbs me beyond another level and it should. People live in the same city, not different ones and because of their skin color, one gets 3 times more money on average. I thought this was an important statistic because it shows the white privilege that is so relevant in our country. The sad part about it is that there has been nearly any change to this stat as “The income gap between black and white households is roughly the same today as it was in 1970.”