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> I think that's true for White and Asian folks. Race-based generalizations almost always end up leading you in the wrong direction. There's substantially mor
by tdfx 5y ago
> I think that's true for White and Asian folks.
Race-based generalizations almost always end up leading you in the wrong direction. There's substantially more white people living below the poverty line compared to any other group [1] and those poor white communities are trapped by the same lack of awareness of opportunities as any of the minority groups you mentioned. Whites and Asians are over-represented in the affluent groups, which leads many people to look at things through a racial lens, but on a per capita basis, whites dominate the impoverished population.
[1] https://talkpoverty.org/basics/ https://talkpoverty.org/basics/
- _dark_matter_ 5y agoYour link clearly shows that poverty is significantly worse along black people than white (19% to 8.5%), and worse among American Indians than black people (25% to 19%). I don't understand why you would ever look at this in per Capita terms when clearly there are more white people overall.
- tdfx 5y agoThen go back and read what I replied to instead of what you wanted to think I was saying. The original poster stated "white and asian people don't have this problem" but the numbers show this clearly is not true.
- _dark_matter_ 5y agohmm, I did, a few times. I don't see that quote in the parent. They do say that white and Asian people have more opportunity which these numbers clearly confirm.
- tdfx 5y ago>> "it's not hugely difficult to earn six figures in the US if you're committed, work hard, and pick a good field." > I think that's true for White and Asian folks. So the 15 million impoverished white people are just lazy but the 8 million impoverished black people are systematically deprived of opportunity? It's so strange to me that SJWs feel the need to minimize the struggles of groups that are facing the same obstacles as the groups they are advocating for just because they have a common skin color with the majority of the affluent group.
- _dark_matter_ 5y agoHmm, I don't see anything about white people being lazy in the parent either. I see that you're not interested in debate based on facts but are driven by your ideology. I wish you luck in reading different viewpoints and making your own decisions based on facts rather than what you've been told to believe.
- tdfx 5y ago> I see that you're not interested in debate based on facts but are driven by your ideology That's an awful lot of projecting. Your use of logical fallacies is dizzying.
- x86_64Ubuntu 5y agoIf the goal is to minimize and dispel the effects of systemic issues, then you have to use the overall number.
- tdfx 5y agoThe goal is to use numbers to inform yourself instead of emotional attachments to political narratives. The numbers show that anyone can be poor and deprived of opportunity.