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Originally Posted by Willravel
Were you yourself poor or were you just living amongst them?
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I was quite poor. the place I lived in actually had holes in the floor that allowed us to see into the apartment below us. In the winter, it would actually snow inside the apartment because the place was so poorly sealed and insulated.
But that wasn't in Chicago's west side. My days there were spent merely as a teacher.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Expertise isn't needed to understand basic statistics. I know it's a common misconception behind the scenes that I pretend to be an expert on everything, but that's simply not the case.
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Since I'm not behind the scenes anymore, I can't say. I don't recall the word "expert" ever being used to describe you, though.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
I'm not shocking anyone with the revelation that black people are statistically more likely to be poor, and I'm not socking anyone with the revelation that schools in poor areas tend to be worse. These are simple concepts to grasp. I doubt you were dumbstruck to read them. Adding on to those facts that the poor are less likely to graduate from high school and get into college, and that marital problems are commonly attributed at least in part to financial difficulties, a picture starts to form. Again, no difficult concepts requiring expertise to comprehend or communicate. Poverty has been linked to criminality, and non-whites are disproportionately represented in our prison systems. Finally, a good and proven way to get out of poverty is with a good education.
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We do agree here. Of course, I'd probably be more petulant and less condescending in how I worded it, but we write what we know, from what I've heard.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
So it's obviously a combination of black culture and liberal apologists.
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What an odd thing to say.
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Just to be clear, this comment:
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Originally Posted by Willravel
No offense, but you've lost your grip with reality completely. I'll tell you what, walk up to the next black person you meet and share your opinion. Let them explain to you, from their own personal experience, exactly how wrong you are.
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is based upon general statistical knowledge?