In just one year, the number of children who were poor increased by nearly 500,000, from 17.4 percent in 2006 to 18 percent in 2007.  The poverty rate for immigrants increased from 15.2 percent in 2006 to 16.5 percent in 2007. While the inflation-adjusted national median income increased by 1.3 percent between 2006 and 2007, Black households and Latino households still continue to have lower median incomes than White or Asian households. 

The current poverty threshold for a family of four is $21,203, an amount that civil rights advocates say does not accurately reflect the current costs of meeting basic day-to-day needs, nor does it reflect the total income and resources that poor families receive.

Specifically, the current poverty measure omits such key expenses as medical costs, transportation to work, child care, and state and local taxes. Also, the corresponding income levels do not include many of the non-cash benefits on which low-income families rely, such as food stamps, housing assistance, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Child Tax Credit. The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) is supporting the Measuring Poverty in America Act of 2008, a bill that aims to modernize the federal poverty measure.  LCCR, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the Center for American Progress Action Fund, and the Coalition on Human Needs are working together on the Half in Ten campaign to with a goal of reducing poverty by 50 percent in ten years.

According to the Dinitto age, race, and marital status make a difference. In the book in the chapter about the Civil Rights she shows a chart with the different couples and races and the difference in what they get as a social security check.  According to the table Blacks and Hispanics get the least amounts of money.

Does this mean that all minorities and children are affected by this?

No, this does not mean that all minorities and children are affected. There are some people that can dodge the poverty line. Those people are the ones that work hard at more than just one job and go to school and get their degree. They see how hard it is for those who are stuggling and they do not want to end up like them. The article is showing all the new statistics for the poverty and the races and ages it affects.