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re: Where are you a hypocrite on your beliefs?
Posted on 2/23/15 at 12:53 pm to TbirdSpur2010
Posted on 2/23/15 at 12:53 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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I believe there's a bit of a catch-22. Even if you truly desire to better one's position, sometimes the system punishes you for leaving welfare behind if you don't play your cards just right.
It's a vicious cycle that's damn hard to break if you don't have outside help, even if you have intrinsic motivation in spades.
word. star parker has an excellent book on this. she tried to get off the system, but the system didn't want to let her off.
she settled on realizing that welfare is the most systematic racism we have.
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Posted on 2/23/15 at 1:26 pm to 3nOut
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welfare is the most systematic racism we have
I hate using terms like that because it feels so much like race-baiting, but it's true to an extent. I think a bigger "-ism" it represents is "class-ism," however. The welfare system perpetuates itself not based upon one's melanin levels, but by preying upon the difficult realities of lower class life.
It harms the very people it's supposed to be helping by penalizing them for attempting to leave the metaphorical plantation of their poverty.
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