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Originally Posted by Rochard
Barely.
I don't care what color anyone is. Anyone can get a job and move ahead in life. I see forty year old assholes who are still working entry level jobs.
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Poverty is much more than a lack of money in one's pocket.
If Bernie was giving me that talk personally he would have said this instead :
"You can be broke as hell my friend but you will never be poor."
He means that I'm
- well mannered
- highly educated
- tall, good looking
- articulate
- cultured
- experienced in fine dinning, clothing
- well traveled
- outgoing, interesting
- etc
And all those things combined means that when I'm broke I'm still employable and
will not be broke for long.
He only broke it down by race because poverty is higher in minority neighborhoods.
He's saying the
awareness of poverty is higher in those neighborhoods.
His statement was slightly hyperbolic and not to be taken exactly literally.
Think of his statement in the same way as if a pornstar told us that we don't know what pussy is.
