There are more white people on welfare than there are Black people but were you aware of the following:
There existed a requirement that was commonly called the "man-in-the-house" rule (or "no man in the house" rule) under some state implementations of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).
In practice, many states denied AFDC [welfare] benefits if an adult male was found living in, regularly staying in, or sometimes even frequently visiting the household. The theory was that a man should be supporting the family, so the family was deemed ineligible for welfare assistance. In some jurisdictions, investigators conducted home inspections to determine whether a man was residing with the mother and children.
The rule was not part of the original federal AFDC statute itself. Rather, states adopted various versions of it, often referred to as "substitute father" or "man-in-the-house" regulations. In 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the historical_event entity King v. Smith, held that Alabama could not deny AFDC benefits simply because a man who had no legal duty to support the children was present or involved with the mother. The Court invalidated Alabama's version of the rule.
So stated succinctly:
Study Examines “Man in the House” Rules in the Voucher Program
And guess who immediately took advantage of that ruling?