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29. "Poverty in America is not like poverty in Africa" - staggering privilege

You know, Republicans say the exact same thing all of the time, arguing that our poor don't have it so bad.

Curious angle of approach there.

I'm in the social justice and economic justice must be pursued together because they are entwined camp.

Edit: And I just want to note how staggeringly privileged this OP is. Ok, you don't really care about economic justice. Fine, you don't. You then go on to say people want to be "comfortable".

I get the feeling you don't really understand poverty. I mean deep poverty, the kind that we have in our inner cities right now. Poverty isn't about comfort. It's about having enough to eat. Having a roof over your head. Having stability for your children so their brains are prepared to learn. It's having adequate medical care.

Communities of color receive far less health care than whites in this country. It is, quite literally, killing them. And I imagine the numbers of people dying from lack of health care far, far, far outnumber the people being killed by police.

Social justice is very important. Racial injustice is very important. We must never stop fighting it, ever.

But this post really comes from a place that I don't think understands what poverty is in this country and what it does to communities. I see it every single day.

I think this OP is a privileged misfire. You have some points in there, but the blithe dismissal of what poverty is is a little, I dunno, heartless.