Jay_Sherman #racist

Jay_Sherman #racist theatlantic.com

[Commenting on What Happens When Detroit Shuts Off the Water of 100,000 People]

You're not allowed to speak the truth about America's [ig]noble savages, who are counted as a national treasure which must be preserved at taxpayer expense. Have 6 babies by 5 different men when you can't afford to support a goldfish? No problem! Get free housing/support/food/medical care and then use your cash to buy cigs and lotto tix instead of paying the water bill? No problem! This is America! Just blame it on the "evil white man", 'cause they're all "racist" ya know; unlike these wonderful savages who can never seem to find an honest job, whether times are good or bad; whether they live in NYC or Detroit..... Such truth might offend a white liberal!

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old comment by Passerby

The article itself directly mentions that the median household income is less than half that of anywhere else in America and that before GM went under 2/3 of the population was white people that got out of town and took their tax dollars with them resulting in everything being underfunded. It also mentions that the unemployment rate is an alarming 23% but does not spell out for the painfully stupid people that this means the remaining 77% work for a living and still have to choose between food, housing, and water.

If so much money were being spent on booze and smokes as certain dipshits seem to believe they'd become a cornerstone of the local economy and it would actually serve to partially revitalize the city's dead job market. But that isn't happening because the money simply isn't there. It isn't being mis-spent: Nobody has any. Not from their jobs and certainly not from welfare.

Reconcile that Jay, and maybe think for a few minutes about the real reason you're likely to make a dollar more an hour flipping the same burgers as the average black man in America.

Jay_Sherman #racist theatlantic.com

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