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<blockquote data-quote="RDKirk" data-source="post: 64423754" data-attributes="member: 326155"><p>Note that I mentioned I worked at Dominos when I was in the military in my thirties. I also did security guard work. In my last five years, I worked part-time in IT networking...lining myself up for civilian work.</p><p></p><p>I know a lot of churches and other organizations are trying to spread that word to those who don't know. But those who have been there know...I don't think there is really that much ignorance about it, and it doesn't make a difference to many of those who are told.</p><p></p><p>It's not prized<em> <strong>where they are</strong></em>. When I was a kid, some of the major revolutionary figures--like Angela Davis--were college professors who had street cred like big dogs. </p><p></p><p>The real question is: Why have children you can't afford? I haven't really seen any research on that question.</p><p></p><p>What I have seen indicates that the concepts of "what you can afford" are not clear, nor are concepts of "what I can achieve otherwise" not clear...</p><p></p><p>...and the ground truth may not be what I think it is.</p><p></p><p>As I've said, that's not a world I was raised in. But I have learned from being on the other side of the planet more than once that how I see someone else's world is not how they see it.</p><p></p><p>I recall back in the late 80s when I was in Washington DC having a conversation with a young black woman who had an entry-level government job. She was talking about plans she had to get pregnant with her boyfriend.</p><p></p><p>I asked her why they were not getting married first. Her answer was basically that she saw no relevance to marriage. She had a job herself (probably the best job of any of her acquaintances, although it wasn't that much from my perspective), she believed her boyfriend was responsible enough to "be there for his child," and that was the only thing important.</p><p></p><p>Well.</p><p></p><p>OTOH, there were plenty of well-to-do white women at the time publicly promoting that same attitude.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDKirk, post: 64423754, member: 326155"] Note that I mentioned I worked at Dominos when I was in the military in my thirties. I also did security guard work. In my last five years, I worked part-time in IT networking...lining myself up for civilian work. [COLOR=black][/COLOR]I know a lot of churches and other organizations are trying to spread that word to those who don't know. But those who have been there know...I don't think there is really that much ignorance about it, and it doesn't make a difference to many of those who are told. [COLOR=black][/COLOR]It's not prized[I] [B]where they are[/B][/I]. When I was a kid, some of the major revolutionary figures--like Angela Davis--were college professors who had street cred like big dogs. [COLOR=black][/COLOR]The real question is: Why have children you can't afford? I haven't really seen any research on that question. What I have seen indicates that the concepts of "what you can afford" are not clear, nor are concepts of "what I can achieve otherwise" not clear... ...and the ground truth may not be what I think it is. As I've said, that's not a world I was raised in. But I have learned from being on the other side of the planet more than once that how I see someone else's world is not how they see it. I recall back in the late 80s when I was in Washington DC having a conversation with a young black woman who had an entry-level government job. She was talking about plans she had to get pregnant with her boyfriend. I asked her why they were not getting married first. Her answer was basically that she saw no relevance to marriage. She had a job herself (probably the best job of any of her acquaintances, although it wasn't that much from my perspective), she believed her boyfriend was responsible enough to "be there for his child," and that was the only thing important. Well. OTOH, there were plenty of well-to-do white women at the time publicly promoting that same attitude. [/QUOTE]
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