Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by _dark_matter_ on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:48PM
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Your link clearly shows that poverty is significantly worse along black people than white (19% to 8.5%), and worse among American Indians than black people (25% to 19%). I don't understand why you would ever look at this in per Capita terms when clearly there are more white people overall.
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Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by x86_64Ubuntu on Sunday December 12, 2021 @11:14PM
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If the goal is to minimize and dispel the effects of systemic issues, then you have to use the overall number.
Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by tdfx on Monday December 13, 2021 @12:34PM
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The goal is to use numbers to inform yourself instead of emotional attachments to political narratives. The numbers show that anyone can be poor and deprived of opportunity.
Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by tdfx on Monday December 13, 2021 @12:27PM
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Then go back and read what I replied to instead of what you wanted to think I was saying. The original poster stated "white and asian people don't have this problem" but the numbers show this clearly is not true.
Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by _dark_matter_ on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:28AM
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hmm, I did, a few times. I don't see that quote in the parent. They do say that white and Asian people have more opportunity which these numbers clearly confirm.
Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by tdfx on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @12:31PM
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>> "it's not hugely difficult to earn six figures in the US if you're committed, work hard, and pick a good field."
> I think that's true for White and Asian folks.
So the 15 million impoverished white people are just lazy but the 8 million impoverished black people are systematically deprived of opportunity? It's so strange to me that SJWs feel the need to minimize the struggles of groups that are facing the same obstacles as the groups they are advocating for just because they have a common skin color with the majority of the affluent group.
Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by _dark_matter_ on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @05:38PM
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Hmm, I don't see anything about white people being lazy in the parent either. I see that you're not interested in debate based on facts but are driven by your ideology. I wish you luck in reading different viewpoints and making your own decisions based on facts rather than what you've been told to believe.