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graegoyle

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12. Difference "white poverty" and "everyone else" in poverty:

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 11:06 AM

Oct 2014

The cop interviewed speaks protectively about the (white?) poor people there turning to drugs, drink and dreams because they are poor (and brings to mind all those local factories "outprofited" [ I hate the phrase "outsourced"] to some foreign country full of foreign people).

But when blacks and other groups of poor, they seem to be portrayed conversely: They love the drugs and drink too much, so they sit on their butts and sponge off everyone with the welfare checks.

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White poverty exists, ignored [View all] mfcorey1 Oct 2014 OP

**crickets** Le Taz Hot Oct 2014 #1

i think minorities who are better off in terms of income and education are more likely JI7 Oct 2014 #2

Whites who are better off are more likely shaayecanaan Oct 2014 #3

You are abroad right - i.e. outside of the US JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #8

You're spot on brush Oct 2014 #18

This part I'm not sure I agree with JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #21

Sorry, I left out a critical word in that sentence brush Oct 2014 #25

Not ignored A Little Weird Oct 2014 #4

I think down a bit in the article JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #7

Poverty is treated as an individual failing in this country - TBF Oct 2014 #5

+1 NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #31

I think the Title of the Article and Thread Subject JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #6

Fast forward to today Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #17

how is white poverty ignored? we are constantly talking about people voting against La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #9

There are plenty of Democrats who go hungry theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #10

of course there are, but white poverty is often discussed in the context of La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #13

Yeah, but that's just a phrase used here . . . brush Oct 2014 #19

+10000 JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #23

they don't care about that.....they care that someone is suffering more than they are... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #27

Exactly! nt brush Oct 2014 #29

THAT was my first thought.....I happen to KNOW some Whites in poverty VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #26

As a poor white family mine lived among other whites of all income levels. We were often hidden jwirr Oct 2014 #11

Difference "white poverty" and "everyone else" in poverty: graegoyle Oct 2014 #12

White Poverty is ignored because of the idea of "self reliance" especially with southerners AZ Progressive Oct 2014 #14

This isn't quite true, TBH. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #16

Again with the Scots Irish stuff?! KamaAina Oct 2014 #34

Yes, it really *is* largely ignored by our media, sadly. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #15

the problem is...THEY don't believe THEY are in poverty.... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #28

Not quite what I said. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #32

No they believe bad things only happen to bad people.... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #35

"No they believe bad things only happen to bad people...." Well, yeah, that's part of it too. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #36

Aren't you one of the people that refuses to admit that there is such a thing as VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #37

It is not ignored. For instance, Bob Dylan wrote of this dynamic 50 years ago RadiationTherapy Oct 2014 #20

Arrested Development wrote this about 20 years ago JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #22

I don't think poverty.. sendero Oct 2014 #24

This is an Appalachian story. jen63 Oct 2014 #30

Why is your thread doing so much better than mine? KamaAina Oct 2014 #33