African Americans do NOT get screwed over more by SS, despite what you may have heard. The argument goes that because African Americans live shorter lives on average, they get less of a payout from SS and thus get screwed by it. However, shorter average lifespans for AA are primarily because they have a higher death rate at birth.
In fact, after age 65 (when people can start collecting benefits) most Americans live a pretty similar number of years. So AA don't, in fact, get screwed out of SS benefits disproportionately.
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