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> (Another interesting fact - contra Trump - is that poor Hispanics seem far less criminal than poor whites/blacks. This also contradicts popular left wing narr
by jaggederest 10y ago
> (Another interesting fact - contra Trump - is that poor Hispanics seem far less criminal than poor whites/blacks. This also contradicts popular left wing narratives - if poverty makes poor whites/blacks beat their wives via "stressors" or other mysterious phlogiston, why are Hispanics immune?)
Presumably, within immediate memory they have a comparison available with "the old country" which makes a low-end existence in the US seem positively posh.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoSo poor American blacks/whites rape people and beat their wives because they don't realize how nice their lifestyle is compared to the lifestyle of Mexicans in Mexico? Personally I don't find this particularly plausible.
- jaggederest 10y agoNo, they experience more severe alienation because they don't have significantly worse comparators to measure it against. Generation after generation of grinding (comparative) poverty vs a sense of self respect from making it to the 'land of opportunity' and working for a better life for you/your kids. Also contra Trump, this implies that the average immigrant is probably a pretty productive member of society, and thus a net economic and social benefit.