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> Some of those countries have culturally homogenous well-educated populations smaller than the United States illegal immigrant population, so there's a demogra

> Some of those countries have culturally homogenous well-educated populations smaller than the United States illegal immigrant population, so there's a demographic difference. Dogwhistle for "can't have nice things because blacks". Notwithstanding the relative homogeneity of their populations (the US is well down the list BTW), what difference should it make?

fennecfoxen 10y ago
> Dogwhistle for "can't have nice things because blacks" Eh. To constrain it deliberately to white people, think "established prosperous modern family, maybe WASPs or atheists, living in the Washington, D.C. suburbs with two stable incomes, commute on the Metro" vs, oh, "army veteran in a community in rural Appalachia which is reeling from the end of coal mining and wreaked by both prescription painkiller abuse and obesity, heavy smoker... local no-name church is the main community center ... considering a job driving a truck." "Inner city African-American community" or not is but a small portion of this class of differences. Copenhagen vs Aeroskobing is a smaller gap than New York City vs Beards Fork, WV.