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Yes. Is that really so hard to imagine? Heck, I have trouble getting to the DMV sometimes, and I'm not hurting for money or transportation. The hours alone make it difficult.Are you suggesting they lack the $8-$25 to obtain an ID or have limited access to transportation? They don't know a soul who could drive them there at all? Never ever?
If race is a factor. How do you account for people of color who aren't impoverished or afflicted with the challenges you've addressed? Why do some progress and others don't if race is a barrier?
~Bella
However, the fact that minorities experience poverty at a much greater rate than whites suggests that there is a racial factor in play as well.
Possibly.If whites lived in the same Ghettos in the same numbers as the blacks did, do you believe the number of whites would be equal to the number of blacks that were poor?
Well, that depends on how they ended up in those ghettos. This is where we get into the concept of systemic racism.If not what would be the determining factor for the difference, ....color of skin?
If race is a factor. How do you account for people of color who aren't impoverished or afflicted with the challenges you've addressed? Why do some progress and others don't if race is a barrier?
~Bella
Possibly.
Well, that depends on how they ended up in those ghettos. This is where we get into the concept of systemic racism.
Whites are just lazy and unmotivated.FYI there are more whites living in poverty in America than all other races combined. It must be the result of racial discrimination.
U.S. Poverty Statistics
If race isn't a factor, how do you account for the fact that people of color are disproportionately affected by poverty and the other challenges addressed?
But it kind of is. When you start proposing hypotheticals of "what if white people had the same life experiences as black people" when they clearly didn't, you have to ask why that's the case. And it almost always comes down to a system that works differently for different people based on their race - systemic racism.It isn't an automatic switch to Systemic Racism....That's a cop out, an excuse, a catch all, without ever solving the issue because it is to broad.
Agreed. Now, can you explain why blacks go to college at a lower rate than whites?I'm going to paraphrase here.
Education raises all boats (Blacks)
The Republicans of today would have been the Democrats of yesterday, and vice-versa.
Yes. Is that really so hard to imagine? Heck, I have trouble getting to the DMV sometimes, and I'm not hurting for money or transportation. The hours alone make it difficult.
It's as plain as the nose on the poster's avatar...It's obvious that Whites are lazy and unmotivated. Maybe they should quit spending their welfare money on beer, pot, tobacco, guns and rebel flags.Yes my mistake I did misread the numbers. You prefer the percentages because they support your view but the numbers indicate that racism is not the cause of poverty because there are by far a lot more whites living in poverty than any other race. Why do you ignore this fact?
It sounds like you had an excellent family support system and parents (or guardians) who taught you well. Not everyone gets that though - and statistically speaking, black families are affected more than white families.As a woman of color, I'll tell you what I heard growing up. Choices beget consequences. If I don't want the consequence I'd better use my head and make smarter decisions.
That means avoiding bucket heads as friends.
Not listening to the smooth talking shyster.
Avoid breeding with men whose character and prospects are lacking
Learning from other's mistakes.
Listening to wise counsel.
And not being a follower.
And above all...love yourself.
If I wanted to be respected I had to conduct myself as someone worthy of respect and set boundaries. I couldn't allow my heart or head to put me in compromising positions that derailed me.
If you want to soar you can't allow people, circumstances, or rhetoric to contradict that aim. You've got to be committed and willing to lay things down that stand in your way.
I don't have the loyalties or disposition to stay low for anyone. That's not an option. It has nothing to do with race. That's hunger talking. It's resilience at work. Grit on display. Some people have it and some don't. That's the difference.
~Bella
What system? What legislation? Who is creating the laws and system behind these racist actions?
ID's.... that's the issue? ID's...
No kidding... Do you realize that even tho I am white, I did not legislate that? Whites do not have some secret bat phone they pick up, and order harsher legislation against blacks like they were ordering a pizza. Not how it works.
You're fortunate. I've lived places where the DMV was only open from 8-4 on weekdays, and a visit might take several hours. I couldn't always take that time off of work. The article I linked earlier named one ID center that was only open one day a month - and not every month - on a weekday during normal working hours. Can you see why people might have difficulties with that?I'm in the city. We have good hours here and in the suburbs.
~Bella
If race is a factor. How do you account for people of color who aren't impoverished or afflicted with the challenges you've addressed?
It sounds like you had an excellent family support system and parents (or guardians) who taught you well. Not everyone gets that though - and statistically speaking, black families are affected more than white families.
You're fortunate. I've lived places where the DMV was only open from 8-4 on weekdays, and a visit might take several hours. I couldn't always take that time off of work. The article I linked earlier named one ID center that was only open one day a month - and not every month - on a weekday during normal working hours. Can you see why people might have difficulties with that?
Without transportation, you have to find another person who can take that time away from work as well, and potentially remain available for several hours while you wait in line so that they can pick you up.
That isn't a weekend or state/federal holiday (when the DMV is closed anyways)? Plenty.It would be difficult if you never had a day off. How many people can say they work year round with no time away?
Assuming they could afford to. And something like this isn't going to exist everywhere.As I mentioned, there are hired drivers in communities for that reason. How do you think people managed before Uber and Lyft? They couldn't afford taxis. So they paid someone.
~Bella
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