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Re:Model Metropolis by Lazare on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:41AM (#19083790)
It was puzzling. I suppose the argument isn't that the assumption was factually wrong, but morally wrong?
Re:Model Metropolis by hoaw on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:48AM (#19084199)
No, it is arguing that it is factually wrong based on prejudice. Most obviously that the groups negative factors aren't inherent and their contributions aren't valued.
Re:Model Metropolis by int_19h on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:17PM (#19089342)
That would be worded very differently than it actually is in the article. It specifically states that the very notion that urban poor have higher birthrates is in and of itself a "classist assumption", not because other factors are omitted.