Reply #61: Shocker here: I could give a shit to whom Acorn advised ... [View All]

...As "Booman" says, in the ghetto things are upside down. The felons who have climbed out of the gutter and improved themselves ARE good role models. I could give a flying f**k as to this advise given to the prostitutes. You ever try to find a job with a livable wage or decent affordable housing to rent when you are poor and have a record and poor credit? Almost impossible. About the only living many of these young men and women can make is on the street.

A bunch of privileged white people who have *no* idea what it is like. They prefer to be "shocked, shocked I tell you!" when in fact their practiced ignorance contributes to these conditions by not supporting a better safety net and ending discrimination, they are a big part of the problem.

No I do not want women to be prostitutes or men to be drug dealers, but until the issues surrounding poverty are really addressed, the prejudice against not only the outright hatred of people of color, but of the poor in general needs to be addressed. It should be no surprise that people who work in the ghetto are used to seeing it.

Gawd what a bunch of clueless privileged white idiots!

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