I Am Saddened By Ignorance

I just don't get people who are oblivious to the struggles of the working poor in America. It baffles me, really. Although I'm not in poverty, I am considered to be in the "lower middle class"/"working class" in my area. There's nothing worse than seeing people calling all poor people "lazy", when your parents work full-time, with one of them considering getting a second job, and still struggle to support a family of four.

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Firespirit · 26-30, M

Yeah plus poorer areas are more prone to crime and thus keep people in a loop

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My area's not too bad, because we live in a richer city, but once this girl asked me where I lived, and when I told her she said (to my face) that her mom tells her not to go to that area. (I think it's partially because there's a lot more racial diversity in my area, and that girl seemed like she had a low-key racist family.) I was like...bitch. We're 👏 human 👏 too 👏.

Firespirit · 26-30, M

@Killers: Yeah but I can understand that tho from a parents view

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@Firespirit: Our area isn't bad though...she just thinks it is because there's more black people living here, but my neighbors are perfectly fine. They're just low-key racist.

Firespirit · 26-30, M

@Killers: well black people as a group are known for alot of crime by staticts but Yeah coud be a bit of racism their Its ore a poor issue tho

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@Firespirit: But that doesn't mean all black people are violent. The black people in my area are definitely not. I mean, mostly white people commit mass shootings in the United States, but that doesn't mean all white people are mass shooters.

Firespirit · 26-30, M

@Killers: well mass shooting are very multi cultural with people of all races. Yeah all that goes without saying Tho its a more money issue than race

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@Firespirit: In the United States, mass shootings are usually committed by white people.

[quote]According to data compiled by Mother Jones magazine, which looked at mass shootings in the United States since 1982, white people -- almost exclusively white men -- committed some 64% of the shootings. (Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/27/us/mass-shootings/)[/quote]

I agree with the second part.

Firespirit · 26-30, M

@Killers: Yeah that is more a gun issue as hand guns are so easily assessable

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@Firespirit: Alright, but for a second there it seemed like you were justifying that girl's parents' racially-motivated remarks.

Firespirit · 26-30, M

@Killers: O was not aware you knew their brains

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@Firespirit: There was no other reason for them to make that kind of remark. Some things are blatantly obvious. You on the other hand seem to think that putting people of a certain race in a box is okay.

Firespirit · 26-30, M

@Killers: I'm just trying to say maybe they just see that as the poor part and are snobs it could not be race related

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@Firespirit: The girl said that her mom told her to avoid my neighborhood because it's "dangerous" (not true at all), and also this girl has a history of being a tad discriminatory.

Firespirit · 26-30, M

@Killers: ah ok didn't know that