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wouldn't it be more accurate to say poor people then? It's not just poor minorities who can't live in these areas.. poor whites, poor elderly, etc aren't living

• refurb 9y ago
  Agree. It's a poor person problem, not a minority problem. The effort some people will put into pushing identity politics is astounding.
  • alistairSH 9y ago
    While you aren’t wrong about it being a poor problem, it would be extremely naive to believe past policies in the US haven’t contributed to some minority groups being more likely to be poor.
    • toasterlovin 9y ago
      Wouldn’t it also follow then that the same policies have contributed to other minority groups being more likely to be rich (thinking mostly of Indians and Asians)? And if that’s the case, then maybe looking at this through a racial lens is largely irrelevant?
      • alistairSH 9y ago
        Most of the data I can find deals with black and white, occasionally Latino, and almost never mentions Asians. So, I don't know if your suggestion is true. Anyways, I agree that viewing poverty solely through a racial lens is not productive. But, race does play a part. At the very minimum, blacks are more likely to be poor than whites. They are more likely to experience downward economic mobility. And more likely to experience multi-generational poverty.