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Note to @JoeBiden & other candidates:
Dems often fall into trap of talking abt poverty in same breath as Black ppl, as if poverty is always abt ppl other than white folks. There are more poor white ppl & children than black, when you look at raw numbers. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Dems often fall into trap of talking abt poverty in same breath as Black ppl, as if poverty is always abt ppl other than white folks. There are more poor white ppl & children than black, when you look at raw numbers. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
The issue is not that poor black & brown children are as smart as white children, but that all poor children— red & yellow, black, white & brown— deserve health care, high quality education, parents w/ living wages, a clean environment & equal opportunity.
Also it should be noted that Republican politicians who get elected thru racist voter suppression & gerrymandering, which are tools of white nationalism, pursue policy agendas that hurt poor & low wealth ppl, who are mostly white!
In the #PoorPeoplesCampaign, we make a distinction b/w percentage in poverty & numbers in poverty & also put forth an agenda for how to fix it w/ a moral budget. Let’s have a debate dedicated to the issues of 140 mil poor & low wealth ppl in this country—52% or 38.5 mil children.
