The American White Underclass

[Smaland]

Today, almost nobody in the social sciences seems willing to touch the subject of America's large white underclass; or, being firmly placed in the true middle class themselves, can even agree that such a thing exists.
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Thus, in politically correct circles, either liberal or conservative, the term 'white underclass' is an oxymoron. Sure, there are working-poor whites, but not that many, and definitely not enough to be called a white underclass, much less an American peasantry.

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[Armand_Duval]

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[SilverKnight]

To me is very simple and straightforward:

1) Mind your own business and let others mind theirs.


2) Live and let others live how they wish/ want.

[KidMulat]

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"It must be remembered that the white group of laborers, while they received a low wage, were compensated in part by a sort of public and psychological wage. They were given public deference and titles of courtesy because they were white. They were admitted freely with all classes of white people to public functions, public parks, and the best schools. The police were drawn from their ranks, and the courts, dependent upon their votes, treated them with such leniency as to encourage lawlessness."

WEB Dubois

[Armand_Duval]

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[KidMulat]

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[Oneeye]

I'm going to subscribe to this thread to read the rest of this article tomorrow.

[Armand_Duval]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

Well I know Im derailing the thread I donno what made me write this here, not cocaine maybe alcohol...lol.


I am moving it to the right thread.

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[rhiannon]

In my 20s I would have seriously balked at the idea of there not being a white underclass. I say this because I was one of them. Often got treated as if I should somehow have a silver spoon in my mouth for the simple matter of being white.

I might provide some anecdotal evidence later in the thread. Suffice to say, there is an underclass, pure and simple. It encompasses people from all different cultures. No single culture is immune from it. It is, sad to say, Capitalism at its worst