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30 Ways White People Say 'Black People' Without Actually Saying 'Black People'
(A rejoinder to SheShe's '40 Ways White People Say 'White People' Without Actually Saying 'White People' Post)
30 Ways White People Say 'Black People' Without Actually Saying 'Black People'
Damon Young
1. Urban
2. Inner city
3. At risk
4. Low income
5. Thug
6. Welfare recipient/dependent
7. Any out of context reference to Chicago (This, btw, also works for Detroit.)
8. Drug dealer (Interestingly enough, not drug addict. Perhaps because drug addict implies a passivity and victimhood that drug dealer does not.)
9. Single parent(s)
10. Renter(s)
11. Transient population
12. Section 8
13. Underprivileged
14. Low socioeconomic status
15. Underserved
16. Affirmative action
17. Marginalized
18. Disinfranchised
19. Vulnearble
20. Minority/minorities
21. Hip-hop
22. Ghetto
23. Diverse people/population
24. Depressed neighborhood/school/people/population
25. High-crime neighborhood/school
26. Gang-related
27. Sketchy block/neighborhood
28. They
29. Those people
30. Them
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/30-ways-white-people-say-black-people-without-actually-1827146564?utm_source=theroot_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
Damon Young
1. Urban
2. Inner city
3. At risk
4. Low income
5. Thug
6. Welfare recipient/dependent
7. Any out of context reference to Chicago (This, btw, also works for Detroit.)
8. Drug dealer (Interestingly enough, not drug addict. Perhaps because drug addict implies a passivity and victimhood that drug dealer does not.)
9. Single parent(s)
10. Renter(s)
11. Transient population
12. Section 8
13. Underprivileged
14. Low socioeconomic status
15. Underserved
16. Affirmative action
17. Marginalized
18. Disinfranchised
19. Vulnearble
20. Minority/minorities
21. Hip-hop
22. Ghetto
23. Diverse people/population
24. Depressed neighborhood/school/people/population
25. High-crime neighborhood/school
26. Gang-related
27. Sketchy block/neighborhood
28. They
29. Those people
30. Them
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/30-ways-white-people-say-black-people-without-actually-1827146564?utm_source=theroot_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
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Both you and Sheshe 
Sweet!
Thug suggests to me a shaven headed white guy, named Knuckles. Must be my bias then. 
Though I've no doubt you'll righteously attest to your honesty, your character and your ethics. It's human nature to do so... 
you make my day, girl. Thanks 
It is "assumed" because of misuse of "statistics" that don't focus on total numbers but rely on "percentages".
For example this -
Understanding At-Risk Youth
Because the definition of an at-risk youth is so broad, in some respects, all youth are at risk in one way or another. So who fits the technical definition of 'at risk?' An at-risk youth is a child who is less likely to transition successfully into adulthood. Success can include academic success and job readiness, as well as the ability to be financially independent. It also can refer to the ability to become a positive member of society by avoiding a life of crime. We will look at factors that lead to children being identified as at-risk and how those factors can adversely affect successful transition into adulthood.
Poverty: The Major Predictor
Children who come from low-income families are much less likely to transition successfully into adulthood. A study by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) analyzed census data from 2008 and found that household income dramatically impacts youth outcomes. Youth from low-income families are more likely to be teen mothers, engage in gang activity and delinquent behaviors, and are less likely to graduate from a 4-year college than are youth from middle-income and high-income families.
Poverty is a huge risk factor for children, and unfortunately, it is all too common. According to a report compiled by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), over 20% of children lived in poverty in 2010. Minority children are more likely to be living in poverty, and, therefore, more likely to be at risk. Unfortunately, the DHHS survey found increased delinquency, teen pregnancy, and dropout rates among minorities. For example, nearly one in three Hispanic children and one in three black children live in poverty, or below the federal poverty line, compared to only one in ten white children.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-at-risk-youth-definition-statistics.html
Because the definition of an at-risk youth is so broad, in some respects, all youth are at risk in one way or another. So who fits the technical definition of 'at risk?' An at-risk youth is a child who is less likely to transition successfully into adulthood. Success can include academic success and job readiness, as well as the ability to be financially independent. It also can refer to the ability to become a positive member of society by avoiding a life of crime. We will look at factors that lead to children being identified as at-risk and how those factors can adversely affect successful transition into adulthood.
Poverty: The Major Predictor
Children who come from low-income families are much less likely to transition successfully into adulthood. A study by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) analyzed census data from 2008 and found that household income dramatically impacts youth outcomes. Youth from low-income families are more likely to be teen mothers, engage in gang activity and delinquent behaviors, and are less likely to graduate from a 4-year college than are youth from middle-income and high-income families.
Poverty is a huge risk factor for children, and unfortunately, it is all too common. According to a report compiled by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), over 20% of children lived in poverty in 2010. Minority children are more likely to be living in poverty, and, therefore, more likely to be at risk. Unfortunately, the DHHS survey found increased delinquency, teen pregnancy, and dropout rates among minorities. For example, nearly one in three Hispanic children and one in three black children live in poverty, or below the federal poverty line, compared to only one in ten white children.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-at-risk-youth-definition-statistics.html
When you look at the above, although the statistics may be "true", they serve to mask total numbers based on population. I.e., although it cites "one in ten white children being 'below the federal poverty line'", it dismisses that they exist at all despite their obvious larger numbers when you look at the "whole" since their race is in the majority. And the above asserts that since there are "higher percentages" of "poor" within a group, then that group (as a whole) has a higher chance of being "at risk" vs only those in the noted economic categories (e.g., 33% for blacks) being "at risk". They in essence ignore the other 67% who are NOT "at risk" but have lumped them in anyway.
I.e., there are more "poor white children" than "poor black children" because overall, there are more whites than blacks, but the "face of poverty" is NEVER "white".
So when you "unskew" the numbers (remember that word?) -
Poverty by the Numbers
By Race, White Children Make Up the Biggest Percentage of America’s Poor
New York City — A fact sheet released today by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) shows that, contrary to some common stereotypes about America’s poor, at least one-third of the 13 million children living in poverty are white.
“Poverty affects children of all colors, contrary to stereotypes. The notion held by many Americans that poverty is not a white problem is simply false,” says Jane Knitzer, EdD, director of NCCP, a research center at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. “The sooner all Americans realize these facts about poverty, the better chance we have of eradicating it.”
The NCCP fact sheet shows that among America’s poor children, 4.2 million are white, 4 million are Latino, 3.6 million are African American, 400,000 are Asian, and 200,000 are American Indian.
While the figures indicate that indeed more white children are poor, they also show, however, that higher percentages of minorities live in poor families:
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http://www.nccp.org/media/releases/release_34.html
(from 2007 - http://www.nccp.org/media/releases/pdf/release_34.pdf
By Race, White Children Make Up the Biggest Percentage of America’s Poor
New York City — A fact sheet released today by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) shows that, contrary to some common stereotypes about America’s poor, at least one-third of the 13 million children living in poverty are white.
“Poverty affects children of all colors, contrary to stereotypes. The notion held by many Americans that poverty is not a white problem is simply false,” says Jane Knitzer, EdD, director of NCCP, a research center at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. “The sooner all Americans realize these facts about poverty, the better chance we have of eradicating it.”
The NCCP fact sheet shows that among America’s poor children, 4.2 million are white, 4 million are Latino, 3.6 million are African American, 400,000 are Asian, and 200,000 are American Indian.
While the figures indicate that indeed more white children are poor, they also show, however, that higher percentages of minorities live in poor families:
10% of white children (4.2 million). In the 10 most populated states, rates of child poverty among white children range from 7% in Texas to 12% in Michigan.
27% of Latino children (4 million). In the 10 most populated states, rates of child poverty among Latino children range from 19% in Florida to 35% in Pennsylvania.
33% of black children (3.6 million). In the 10 most populated states, rates of child poverty among black children range from 29% in California and Florida to 47% in Ohio.
12% of Asian children (400,000) and 40% of American Indian (200,000) Comparable state comparisons are not possible due to small sample sizes.
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http://www.nccp.org/media/releases/release_34.html
(from 2007 - http://www.nccp.org/media/releases/pdf/release_34.pdf
Here is the above organization's most recent data -
Does the percentage of children in low-income families vary by race/ethnicity?
As Figure 5 illustrates, the percentages of low-income and poor children under 18 vary by race and ethnicity: Hispanics comprise the largest share of all low-income children (36 percent, or 10.5 million) and poor children (36 percent, or 5.0 million).5
Black, American Indian, and Hispanic children are disproportionately low income and poor (Figure 6).
http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_1194.html
As Figure 5 illustrates, the percentages of low-income and poor children under 18 vary by race and ethnicity: Hispanics comprise the largest share of all low-income children (36 percent, or 10.5 million) and poor children (36 percent, or 5.0 million).5
Black, American Indian, and Hispanic children are disproportionately low income and poor (Figure 6).
http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_1194.html
Meaning that in the conscious effort to establish the "disproportionality", the fact that white poor "at risk" children DO exist, gets glossed over and thus deemed as "not existing in any meaningful way". Yet looking at the above graph, 51 percent of ALL low income + poor ARE WHITE.
In essence, the "narrative" is that "most" POC are "poor" because that is all that is being emphasized by using "percentages" vs whole numbers. And so the resentment builds against "lazy poor POC" while poor whites are rarely discussed because their "intra-group percentages" are "lower" than those of POC, despite whites making up THE LARGEST FRACTION OF TOTAL "POOR", BOTH PERCENTAGE AND BY WHOLE NUMBERS. Thus the attempt to describe and attack "the gap" ends up skewing the entire data set, which is then re-purposed and repackaged by the Rush Limbaughs and Sean Hannitys for nefarious stereotyping.
When Democrats and progressives (piggybacking on MLK) talk about a "Poor People's Campaign", the "perception" is that it is a "POC only issue" because the oft-cited "statistics" don't really show or highlight "poor whites". Thus it makes it difficult to bridge the racial gap among the "larger society" in working to help ALL poor, because it is considered "a black thing". But then on the distaff side, in that same effort to shrink the gap, a subset of "whites" (not "poor" or "low income" ) but purported as being "working class, fairy-wand transformed into middle class", ends up being a focus, and the true "poor white" gets shafted right along with "poor POC".
are pretty far-fetched. But hey, keep telling me what I REALLY mean when I speak. It's a very effective strategy. 
