As evidenced by the types of errors that placed many African American applications in the incomplete queue, in-person assistance likely would disproportionately benefit African Americans.
And let's not forget the Ryan Budget, which rolls back Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits and defunds or cuts programs like Head Start, food stamps, after-school care, job training and college tuition assistance -- all programs that disproportionately serve and employ women -- in order to increase military spending and tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.
This would mean far more onerous rent obligations for those receiving federal assistance that are likely to disproportionately impact families with children.
Insofar as immigrants are seen as disproportionately reliant on social assistance, and therefore as free-riders, then the relevant responses might be to redesign the welfare state to make it more universalist.
Of all the countries surveyed between April 1 2005 and March 31 2006, the Czech Republic tops the rankings of where people are disproportionately likely to need consular assistance.
The Center for Medicare Advocacy, a liberal beneficiary assistance group, said the GOP bill will "disproportionately harm children and the very elderly, the main recipients of Medicaid support".
"We are expecting that children will be disproportionately affected and possibly require further assistance," noted Mr. Schaffter.
Blacks made up a disproportionately high number of those seeking government assistance both before and after the slowdown.
It will need to be complemented by policies that provide women with more access to career development and training, more assistance with childcare and care for the elderly (which disproportionately falls on women), more encouragement to enter scientific and mathematical occupations and college majors, and more demands for leadership roles to be filled by women in top companies and government.
The disaster ushered in billions of assistance — aid that critics say was necessary, but which was disproportionately allocated to non-governmental organizations and foreign contractors rather than directly to the Haitian government.
"We are particularly concerned about allegations that cell site simulators — commonly referred to as 'Stingrays' — disrupt cellular service and may interfere with calls for emergency assistance, and that the manner in which cell site simulators are used may disproportionately impact communities of color.
