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> the division between the haves and the have-nots largely align along racial lines There are twice as many white people in poverty than black people in povert
by angelzen 5y ago
> the division between the haves and the have-nots largely align along racial lines
There are twice as many white people in poverty than black people in poverty, even if the rate of poverty is twice as large in the black population compared to the white population. More than 80% of people of either race are not in poverty. Substituting race for poverty is such an intellectually stunted move.
https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/poverty-rate-by-raceethnicity https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/poverty-rate-by-ra...
- patentatt 5y agoWhy do absolute numbers matter more than rates/ratios? Also I didn’t substitute race for poverty, in fact I never mentioned poverty in my comment. And for what’s it’s worth, I think it’s ‘intellectually stunted’ to hide your racism behind libertarian concepts that on their surface you think sound smart.
- angelzen 5y agohaves (rich) and have-nots (poor) ? Sorry, perhaps you meant something else?