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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
You don't think the fact that black people are more likely to be poor is a race problem?
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I would say that what's holding back poor black people are 1. Poverty. 2. Culture. 3. Racism. In that order.
I would say why they are poor is similar to the reason the so called white trash are poor. Historical racism, slavery/indentured servitude, and a general lack of availability of quality education in the areas that they dominate today.
I say this in part because middle class black people don't report anywhere near the discrimination that poor black people do, and middle class black people who grew up in primarily white areas report almost none.
Further, I cannot think of anything that would do more to reduce racism against black people than for them to escape poverty in large numbers and make up a proportionate amount of the skilled labor force.
I suspect Flames in 07 thinks similarly.