It's difficult, yes. I was just looking for explanations and that's what I came up with. Even if I'm wrong, I think it's harmful to understanding to filter out

It's difficult, yes. I was just looking for explanations and that's what I came up with. Even if I'm wrong, I think it's harmful to understanding to filter out ideas just because they might sound racist. A kind of self-censorship. It's not as simple as poor people are poor. Making it more specific: Black people are poor in both the US and the UK [1]. The US has more black people than the UK. So, ignoring everything else, the US has more poor people than the UK. [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/weekly-disposable-household-income-by-ethnicity-tax-years-19941995-to-20122013uk https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/weekly-disposable... PS. To those who think it's racist to say black people are poor, I'd say they're being elitist by assuming that being poor is bad or being labeled poor is derogatory.