I see what your saying Liquid,but as Ive tried to point out,its not poverty as such,its how people talk there,and tribes
You dont want your ass coming home beaten in by a member of the other tribe
Its not even racism,where you try to oppress another person,which is really what racism is,or not wanting to associate with another race,which is also racism
You just dont want to let down your tribe,as it were,its almost a neighborhood thing,you dont want to let down the neighborhood by getting your ass kicked
Its just in Philly your neighborhood is decided by your race,so you just learn to say things like "white boy",and "black boy"
Hell everytime my grandfather got in to it legally he would tell me how he was getting his "jew lawyer",and he didnt even mean it as a bad thing,he was saying he had a better lawyer then the other guy
Christ,every time I was in lockup "hey white boy" was how theyd get my attention
If you dont know where he's coming from,dont say you know,because you dont