(December 8, 2024 at 2:27 pm)TheWhiteMarten Wrote: I'm sorry, what race do you believe comes from the slums?
That you hear "poor" and the first thing that comes to you mind is race is... something man.
I notice you did not argue one word of my earlier assessment:
(December 7, 2024 at 1:17 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Society's abandonment of inner-city poor and its refusal to fix the conditions that create those gang-bangers is a much bigger failure of society -- I mean, the numbers are much bigger and they're being gunned down in the streets too. It seems to me that your sense of empathy is tied to the economic class of the victim.
It may well have nothing to do with your racism, but it certainly bespeaks the fact that you apparently think the poor aren't entitled to our same social protections.
May I take your silence as agreement, or simple shame?
