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(56,582 posts)176. Baltimore's economic inequality is lower than the national average
It's comparable with cities like Seattle and Portland.
It's also got a lower poverty rate than the national urban average.
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Yes, some cant do anything but bash Hillary, even without saying her name.
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#57
You have your opinion and I have mine. IMO you can't support both Wall Street
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#73
You could give the unedited quotation, you could give others, but instead you sling mud
Jim Lane
Apr 2015
#168
Well said. I am getting tired of the meme, "If Warren is polite to Clinton, then she obviously
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#207
saying she supports clinton is her merely being polite? and you say you are a warren supporter?
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#208
She is a good Democrat and will support Clinton. That doesn't mean she agrees with all of Clinton's
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#209
no one suggested that was her saying she agreed with ALL her policies. that is not what i addressed
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#210
I am always glad to enter honest discussion that are free of rudeness and ridicule.
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#111
I can always learn more about this issue, but I certain don't think this is necessary:
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#124
I also am a Democrat and fully support those that see the TPP as a disaster for the 99%.
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#129
I was hoping we could have a decent discussion. But saying things like this,
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#135
They are getting social justice others are deprived of. It isn't social justice
TheKentuckian
Apr 2015
#171
^^^^^^That is the wrong answer^^^^^ in my opinion and i have explained why. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#185
I think the people of this country are desperate for a leader that doesn't represent
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#192
Absolutely. Those people need a leader that will protect their investments and
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#222
I support lives before dollars. That's why I support a candidate that isn't
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#224
So explain to me what you see as the most pressing problem in America. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#226
yes. so often, an experience is told, affects the reader, yet we say nothing. your post hit me,
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#193
"constantly harassed by police." That was closer to the truth when O'Malley was mayor.
Vattel
Apr 2015
#13
I beleive we build a stronger coalition if we see this as both and not one or the other.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2015
#5
like immediately. the life of our young black men and boys, to the $. it is a no duh, for me, too.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#6
So if a black person has money, the police/store owners leave them alone, right?
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#59
Wait, you mean even if you have money and status, you still get picked on? How about that!
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#72
You should tell white people to shut the fuck up and listen and learn.
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#108
Or even better, that you have simply "misunderstood" the dog whistles, microaggressions and
Number23
Apr 2015
#137
No. They'll tell you that it's not racism. It's classism. They'll tell you to stop overreacting.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Apr 2015
#195
If by 'straight, white, christian, male' you mean right wingers, AKA Republicans/libertarians
AgingAmerican
Apr 2015
#239
social justice without economic justice means you are free to live in a cardboard box next to
yurbud
Apr 2015
#16
So what do you do about the fact that the first 'gay right' sought and still not given to us is
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#17
That is a fact. Amazingly, half of LGBT people are women and thus get it double scooped
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#98
I'd really, really like just one of the people who makes this bogus assertion answer me.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#28
You could ask it of the wealthy gay couple who recently hosted the Cruz fundraiser
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#49
Why would I do that? I'm asking the DUers who make the assertion, not Republicans who are
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#81
I try to be kind and pretend it is tough, but the silence in response really is revealing and this
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#109
When the cops show up the white guy gets yelled at, the black guy gets his ass beat
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#63
my point was not that social justice would LEAD to the cardboard boxes--we're already headed there
yurbud
Apr 2015
#244
those racial income inequality stats show how the two issues are inextricably linked
yurbud
Apr 2015
#246
Economic justice arguments don't need to mention untidy details like racism, sexism, homphobia, etc.
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2015
#25
DU is becoming unbearable with the racism around here. Just absolutely ridiculous!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Apr 2015
#29
Trying to exercise the last semblance of diplomacy I have left. I hear ya!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Apr 2015
#123
hey... did some growing up in bakersfield. absolutely. lived in fresno first, for a couple years.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#214
racism is not about the color of ones skin, the kink in ones hair or the flare of ones nostrils.
jeepers
May 2015
#251
You cannot have one without the other. Without economic justice, then there is no social justice.
1monster
Apr 2015
#31
as his daughter is the only one not invited to a bday party cause no blacks in the country club.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#201
I can point to the only circumstance where this debate is not even considered ...
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#53
this is the argument. if we do not address the $, we lose and should not work to get a dem in
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#51
we are talking about those advocating not voting 2016 cause of the oligarchy, because the $ proceeds
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#68
The issues are inseparable ... but only for those experiencing assaults on both.
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#70
I think the chances of you getting either economic or social justice are slim...
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#76
I'm not sure how anyone has any kind of labor rights, without first having human rights.
Rex
Apr 2015
#95
Yes, social justice is key to economic justice. That's why the economic royalists are so invested
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#103
Orioles COO John Angelos seems to disagree. He seems to think economic justice is very
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#132
Said the white guy(?) about the white guy (?) that "knows" the condition of PoC ....
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#147
as the quote is circulated, i am thinking the same damn thing. says the white man. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#151
chief operating officer. and ya. gotta figure he has money. with the baltimore orioles. and ya...
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#156
for immediate address and change we are talking the supreme court. not trickle down. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#186
reversing the supreme crt as state laws reach it is far beyond a mere smoke and mirror.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#153
2016... not enough time to do what you see we need to do. though you are right in all you say, 2016
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#164
my niece wants to be able to get an abortion, when her life is at stake. also. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#188
I sincerely believe that the whites here at DU know this, but will never
Liberal_Stalwart71
Apr 2015
#220
When the founding fathers were fighting against England I am not sure that they were asked to
jwirr
Apr 2015
#233
I am saying that they were also fighting for social justice and their rights. Just like black people
jwirr
Apr 2015
#250
here is one on this thread, to the point. his daughter was excluded from a bday party cause at the
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#237
here's the thing. i was off doing something. this comes kicking to mind. white people that have the
seabeyond
May 2015
#258