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Originally Posted by valo403
I've lived in poor white neighborhoods and poor black neighborhoods, or at least very close to both (University campuses don't really count as part of the neighborhood IMO) and I've found the same situation in both.
Pointing to skin color is foolish, in my experience the people of those communities were quite similar, most were hard working people with little education struggling to get by. Some had a chip on their shoulder and were looking for the easiest way to make a buck. The color of the skin in the area didn't change much at all.
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Where did you find a large community of poor white people? As poor as the poor black neighborhoods? I find that very difficult to believe.
In my experience, and it is extensive and daily, the poorest white folks (urban areas we are talking here) live in the same neighborhoods as the poorest black folks. The difference is that they make up about 2% of those neighborhoods.
Again, I seriously doubt you've seen a poor white American neighborhood that compares in any way to a poor black neighborhood.