tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091078896160115890.post7732754309806470905..comments2024-03-08T00:43:43.916-08:00Comments on Redeye's Front Page: "It's all about money and race"Redeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726342951810334788noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091078896160115890.post-38326726822578370262012-09-25T09:44:38.207-07:002012-09-25T09:44:38.207-07:00Full agreement there!Full agreement there!Will Shetterlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08539053268352597627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091078896160115890.post-78275993481846619872012-09-25T09:10:45.635-07:002012-09-25T09:10:45.635-07:00It's the poverty, amd neither candidate frome ...It's the poverty, amd neither candidate frome either party has said a mumbling word about it.oRedeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726342951810334788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091078896160115890.post-90911645651528028112012-09-25T08:05:53.829-07:002012-09-25T08:05:53.829-07:00Typo should read- because they know they can count...Typo should read- because they know they can count on them to hate liberal democrats more than they love themselves.Redeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726342951810334788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091078896160115890.post-1703941108511119422012-09-25T07:48:18.433-07:002012-09-25T07:48:18.433-07:00Will, thank you for reading, for your thoughtful q...Will, thank you for reading, for your thoughtful questions, and your williness to engage me in civil discussion on the topic of money and race.<br /><br />Money, class and race are all connected. How much money you have (or not) determines what class you are in (or not). Historically and presently,the wealth gap between African Americans and whites is widening. Unemployment among African Americans is at 16%, compared to 8% for whites. There is a saying when white America gets a cold black America gets pneumonia...and dies.<br /><br />And no, poor white children don't attend better schools than whites. They are in the same end of the boats as poor black and brown children, however their parents continue to vote for and elect candidates who don't have their interest at heart, be ause they know they can count on them to hate liberal democrats then they love themselves.<br /><br />Yes "middle class blacks" are fleeing to the suburbs to the detriment of those they leave behind. <br /><br /> We can debate your rising middle class assertion in today's economic climate you are either rich or you are poor, and we are all just one pay check away from poverty.Redeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726342951810334788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091078896160115890.post-37598511905894288222012-09-25T03:57:14.433-07:002012-09-25T03:57:14.433-07:00Money and race or money and class? Do poor white k...Money and race or money and class? Do poor white kids in Alabama go to better schools than poor black kids there? They did everywhere in the South in the days of segregation, of course, because states gave more money to white schools than black schools.<br /><br />As for the theory of white flight, articles like "Birmingham changes as blacks move to the suburbs" argue:<br /><br />"It's really middle-class flight, not black flight or white flight," O'Beirne said. "Historically blacks and whites have been segregated in Birmingham, and a lot of that had to do with racism. We're in an era where racial ideology doesn't have the same effect as it once did. You have a rising middle-class population."Will Shetterlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08539053268352597627noreply@blogger.com