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What metric would you use to define underclass that doesn’t already apply?
by AndrewKemendo 9mo ago
What metric would you use to define underclass that doesn’t already apply?
- kelseyfrog 9mo agoPermanent is the more potent idea being conveyed. Loads of places have an underclass, but the idea that the opportunity to escape it and be condemned to a permanent social-economic station is contrary to the American myth.
- AndrewKemendo 9mo agoI think 7% intergenerational poverty, primarily in the black community due to redlining and racist laws, covers it pretty well. https://ballardbrief.byu.edu/issue-briefs/intergenerational-poverty-in-the-us-83scy https://ballardbrief.byu.edu/issue-briefs/intergenerational-...