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In reply to the discussion: Obama is a Conservative…Only If You Think Equal Rights are Optional [View all]McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)poor, because of inequality.
Our country will not tolerate it when a white man gets treated the way that minorities or women are treated. Then, something must be done. The current economic recession, which has plunged more of the "lucky ones" into poverty is seen as intolerable because the "lucky ones" are supposed to have it good. The Calvanists told us so.
When the economy gets better and Blacks are still entrapped on stupid possession of drugs charges and sent to prison and the nation's children are still living in poverty, the economy will cease to be a political issue----which is a pretty said statement about America. We only notice the homeless when the upper middle class is also homeless.
If we were all equal, we would all be equally important. We would have national health and good schools and affordable housing and decent working conditions, because it would be what we all want for ourselves---and for the other citizens whom we think of as just like ourselves.