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But, as if that weren't bad enough, people of color are over-represented in the poor working-class. To take just one indicator, the average White British household has assets of around £221,000 [$335,000] compared to £21,000 [$33,000] for Black African households and £15,000 [$23,000] in Bangladeshi households. Relatively speaking, very few people of any ethnicity will benefit from the increase of the inheritance tax threshold to £1 million [$1.5 million], but it's even more unlikely if you're from a BME background.On the other hand, you're way more likely to be concerned about the changes to Child Tax Credit criteria that mean Black British and Asian families will see a cut to their income if they've decided to have more than two kids. 24 percent of Black and Asian families have three of more children, compared to 8 percent of White families.Even if you have what is deemed an acceptable amount of children by the government, your benefits aren't safe. The proposed lowering of the cap on benefits disproportionately affects people from BME backgrounds. The Runnymede Trust already noted during the last parliament that 40 percent of people hit by the benefits cap would be BME.
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