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Can you name an example of this happening? Because OP's narrative is very common in a lot of "progressive" places in in the media. It's one of the core ideas of

by throwway120385 3y ago

Can you name an example of this happening? Because OP's narrative is very common in a lot of "progressive" places in in the media. It's one of the core ideas of progressivism that poverty is a trap and that people need help from the government to escape it. I can think of some other less mainstream news sources that would have a problem with that idea.

zdragnar 3y ago
It's probably the part where I mentioned the cultural aspect of my friend's experience, including trying hard in school resulting in being scoffed at or bullied for "acting white". Also, the "people need the governments help to escape it" was very much not the moral of this particular parable. All it took was a father who gave a damn.
cyberax 3y ago
> Can you name an example of this happening? Easy. Ann Hsu, a school board member in SF: https://sfstandard.com/2022/07/19/racially-insensitive-school-board-member-under-fire-over-comments-about-lack-of-family-support-for-struggling-students/ https://sfstandard.com/2022/07/19/racially-insensitive-schoo... Here are her exact words: "Especially in the Black and brown community, I see one of the biggest challenges as being the lack of family support for those students... Unstable family environments caused by housing and food insecurity along with lack of parental encouragement to focus on learning cause children to not be able to focus on or value learning" > It's one of the core ideas of progressivism that poverty is a trap and that people need help from the government to escape it. Except that somehow it also adopted a notion that certain groups are forever victims. Black communities are struggling? That's because of white supremacy and systemic racism. So we need to double the struggle against the white supremacy. Investigating the causes of Black struggles? That's racist.
- throwway120385 3y ago
  That's a really good point right there.

zdragnar 3y ago

It's probably the part where I mentioned the cultural aspect of my friend's experience, including trying hard in school resulting in being scoffed at or bullied for "acting white". Also, the "people need the governments help to escape it" was very much not the moral of this particular parable. All it took was a father who gave a damn.

cyberax 3y ago

> Can you name an example of this happening? Easy. Ann Hsu, a school board member in SF: https://sfstandard.com/2022/07/19/racially-insensitive-school-board-member-under-fire-over-comments-about-lack-of-family-support-for-struggling-students/ https://sfstandard.com/2022/07/19/racially-insensitive-schoo... Here are her exact words: "Especially in the Black and brown community, I see one of the biggest challenges as being the lack of family support for those students... Unstable family environments caused by housing and food insecurity along with lack of parental encouragement to focus on learning cause children to not be able to focus on or value learning" > It's one of the core ideas of progressivism that poverty is a trap and that people need help from the government to escape it. Except that somehow it also adopted a notion that certain groups are forever victims. Black communities are struggling? That's because of white supremacy and systemic racism. So we need to double the struggle against the white supremacy. Investigating the causes of Black struggles? That's racist.

throwway120385 3y ago
That's a really good point right there.