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Originally Posted by Radar

... there are more poor white people than poor minorities

This is true in Britain, but not surprising given that we have a 92% white population.

However (from here)

People from minority ethnic communities are more likely to be unemployed, with wide variations even among ethnic groups, with, for example, Bangladeshis suffering a rate of unemployment more than 4 times that of white people;

Similarly, the rate of employment among people from minority ethnic communities generally is much lower than among white people. This is particularly an issue among Asian women, among whom, in some cases, only around one third are in employment, compared to nearly 80% in the case of white women;

Although data is not particularly reliable, it is now recognised that people from minority ethnic communities have generally lower incomes than white people, and are more likely to suffer income-related deprivation. Allied to this is the view now accepted by the UK Government and others that people from minority ethnic communities are much more likely to live in poor quality housing, in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, and particularly in areas with high rates of crime;

Again, although data is incomplete, people from minority ethnic communities face a range of additional health issues, both in terms of the likelihood of becoming ill, but also in terms of this being exacerbated by differential access to health services.