ClosedCaption
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Kevin, I respected your honesty and ability to disagree without being disagreeable.
But, I completely disagree with the bolded above and disappointed that a person of your obvious intelligence would not be able to see the flaws in supporting a position like this.
Perhaps I didnt word my position correctly (or maybe I did and we actually do disagree).
ClosedCaption said that only black people are mentioned when talking about the woes of welfare. I said, well if we look at it logically the black demographic makes up only 13% of the US population while accounting for 39% of all welfare recipients. CLEARLY, the black community is the hardest hit by any of the (debatable) negative effects of welfare, and it is therefore logical for politicians to mention this community specifically when talking about welfare.
Thats all I was saying, and dont really understand why youd have a problem with that.
I think I understand what you are saying pretty clearly. But it's not logical or helpful to act as if the whole problem is encapsulated in one community. There are different issues and different points of emphasis in the "perpetuation of poverty" issue. What works (or doesn't work) in the black community may do the opposite in the impoverished white community, so I get it - their may be differences.
But one is not worse and one is not better. The impact of poverty and the shortfalls of welfare is not worse in the black community. It has just as devastating effects in the white community. I think perpetuating stereotypes and feeding into that rhetoric is a disservice to blacks and whites. And a hindrance to finding solutions.
Just MHO
Thank you