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And yes, I do care that a family, a black family is raised in poverty in the West because of poor decisions. It angers me in fact to jeopardize a childs future like that.
OK. So why are black people poor ? And why are the areas where black people live poor ?
Black people are poor because they generally choose to be poor. You cannot be anything but poor if you have no Dad and a Mother who does not work or works but struggles.


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Look at the statistics and tell me I am wrong. I would apply the same logic to my own upbringing too and I am not black. People who make poor decisions typically stay poor. That is not very controversial.
You are a racist and you are wrong. You are suffering from fundamental attribution error. You refuse to see positive values and attributes in the poor black people whom you assert "Choose to be poor". Other people's history and circumstances are invisible from your perspective.

For you, only you are prudent and hard working, and poor black people get what they deserve. This is what your racist arse is saying when you repeat the racist lie from your racist brain that Black people are poor because they choose to be poor.

You second sentence -

"You cannot be anything but poor if you have no Dad and a Mother who does not work or works but struggles"

Is another lie that does nothing but reveal the depth of your wilful stupidity.
Hmm. No. I am saying that many choose to be poor because of the decisions that they make. If you are going to get knocked up by a man that is not going to stick around which is the majority of black women in the US, then undeniably you are choosing a path of not only financial poverty, but poverty of the soul for the child. You can make excuses for that or chant 'racist' as much as you like, but it does not make a blind bit of difference to the statistical evidence. Even Obama would back me up on this. Is he a racist too? Just asking. Am I a racist against myself for suggesting the same is done to white people as well, but in less substantial numbers? The facts are the facts. The evidence is very clear.

Also, if I choose not to work or to not upgrade my skills or live on benefits then I too am CHOOSING poverty. Many people do and this is life whence inequality. Some people really do not have in them, do not want to try, and if possible will opt out. They will live in poverty. What really irks me though is people having children as a means of securing resources. That borders on the criminal IMO and is a form of hostage taking.

What is untrue about my 'second sentence'? People raised in single parent households will inevitably consume more resources of responsible people who do the right things and still live in relative poverty. It is unfair on the child and unfair on society and it is actively promoted as seen in a recent BBC documentary.

Many people work hard and make good decisions and many do not whence some of the inequality in society which is natural and normal and dare I say good.