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[–] 17 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The racist shit is just meant to divide the poor. There are more poor white people than black.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    There are a whole bunch of historical reasons as to why black families may be more prone to poverty in the US. The system was literally built to ensure that remains true.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago* (2 children)

    Not the person you replied to, but that's not what they said.

    They said there's more poor black people than white. Total numbers, not per capita.

    But its also false

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States

    Edit:

    Actually

    https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/05/who-is-receiving-social-safety-net-benefits.html

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    I was just trying to add historical context, not make any claims about statistics.

    Whatever the rate is, it's worse than it should be for people of color due to hundreds of years of systemic racism that's still built into the system.

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