Without presenting any bias, I'd like to enter some statistics from the US census.
Currently there are 139,684,244 housing units. Of those 63.8% are owner-occupied.
Here are some of the statistics for ethnicity. The word "race" is an inaccurate term to use when discussing humans, as there is currently only one race of humanoid mammals, Homo Sapiens. I took the liberty of eliminating the double counting of individuals, since the statistics add up to 178.5%, and eliminating double counted individuals gets us to 99.4%.
Given the below statistics, of the 89,118,575 housing units that are owner occupied, 11,941,889 (13.4%) would be owned by "Black or African American alone";
1,158,541 (1.3%) would be owned by "American Indian and Alaska Native alone";
5,257,996 (5.9%) would be owned by "Asian alone";
178,237 (0.2%) would be owned Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone";
16,486,936 (18.5%) would be owned by "Hispanic or Latino";
53,560,263 (60.1%) would be owned by "White alone, not Hispanic or Latino"
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I just think it's important for people to understand the difference between equally represented and equal.
Other stats that complicate equal representation are things like age. The stats for ethnicity are age blind. And its easy to understand that children under 5 are not homeowners. So we would have to further go into the data and extract ethnicity per capita of age ranges which one may find appropriate to consider for owner-occupied housing unit ownership. 30-60 years of age would be an accurate age range to consider in my opinion. Then we would also have to consider regional differences if you'd like to be more granular.
For example, what is the ethnicity per capita of "Madison county", how many housing units are owner occupied? If of 30-60 year olds living in Madison county are 31% "Black or African American alone", then one would hope that EXACTLY 31% of owner-occupied housing units of 30-60 year olds are owned by an individual who is "Black or African American alone". If it is under 31%, then 30-60 year olds in Madison County who are "Black or African American alone are under represented in home ownership. If it is over 31%, then they are over represented and one could conclude that they are receiving some sort of socioeconomical privilege that other ethnicities are not receiving.
My point of all this being three fold; ensure that before you investigate a problem, first ensure the problem exists through meticulous research. Second, if your information is coming from a United States based media company, it is inherently flawed and should never be trusted; conduct your own research methodologies. Three, there will never exist a universe in which some category of people is not over or under represented based on a per capita analysis.
Anyone can skew the above research by simply changing the age range to fit their narrative. Or by expanding or contracting their regional research to fit their narrative. Be well informed, conduct your own research and follow the scientific method.
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| Black or African American alone, percent(a) | 13.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) | 1.3% |
| Asian alone, percent(a) | 5.9% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a) | 0.2% |
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| Hispanic or Latino, percent(b) | 18.5% |
| White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent | 60.1% |
