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I grew up poor. Am no longer. Both demonstrable. Not sure what your end game is. What point you're trying to make. If you told me I was poor or not black, I wouldn't need outside affirmation to be black. I mean, someone could tell me am poor, and still wouldn't do a thing to me. If someone needs to affirm you to avoid you committing suicide, sorry but the most dangerous thing they can make you believe, is that there are zero differences between you and a biological counterpart. I say this as many will not pass, and as a result, will often be misgendered. If this sends one unraveling, they may have to accept that they aren't the same. Maybe if we stopped gaslighting these people, and focused more on their mental health, they wouldn't require social safety bubbles to exist.

Mars bar dark. Milk chocolate, essentially. Looking at me, most can guess am Caribbean blooded. Some have guessed Nigeria. Most guess Jamaica, but am Haitian. Nobody has labeled me as Chinese or Mexican, so looks like my skin color is demonstrable as I said.

Trudeau mercifully will be gone very soon. Hopefully before his term end. I used to vote liberal, and he turned me conservative.

Canada also doesn't have a massive mass shooting problem.

I feel insanely safe where I am. I would feel nervous in quite a few US cities.

That just means obtaining guns are too easy, as so many presented red flags. Were talking "I'm going to inflict harm!" type posts with them posing with firearms, red flags.

Hate to say, but Trump is pretty douchy.

Not so much if you're not, backed by the data you were presented with. The more you know! *inserts rainbow*

Sorry, replied to the wrong person. I thought you were the same poster who told me they were no different, only to tell me they were totally different, proven with statistical evidence. I had found it rather perplexing, only to realize you were just supplying data.

Removing AR 15 like weapons isn't disarming. Its removing AR 15 like weapons.

Am just confused as to how one could think that this is no different.

Per capita? Or a "shootin's a shootin'" regardless of quantity? *spits out chewing tobacco*

We don't have a major gun problem, so its a compliment coming from you. I honestly couldn't care less about US school shootings. At this point, its filler news like, while I wait for sports. Keep the status quo, the situation remains unchanged. Reality, is these are happening far more often, yet no gun reforms to curb it. "My freedom!" isn't an excuse for idiocy.

Your rights mean more to you than common sense. That's fine. Doesn’t make me a nazi to notice that when your constitution was written, you likely didn't have the type of weapons that you currently do. I will go on a hunch with that.

Its a semi automatic rifle. Its not the type of weapon that belongs in civilians hands. I had an M 16 as had a property in the Philippines and it was mostly safe, but picked an area that was not . Let's not kid ourselves. I didn't have the weapon as wanted to go easy on someone breaking in. They are insanely deadly weapons. It would take a SWAT team to match your firepower. A firearm will do just fine. There is no business with such a weapon, as in the wrong hands, you have the US problem.

Personally, nobody should have access to semi automatic assault rifles. This will keep happening, until there are reforms on gun laws. This isn't a right or left issue. Youth are more isolated and lonely than ever. More divided and angry than ever. Am not surprised at how many are snapping.

Money won't fix broken communities. Among the highest in suicide, sexual assault, alcoholism, etc. Money just creates dependency. Provide them with tools, and they can have the dignity of helping themselves.

I don't think I can ever get sick of AOC memes. Scary to me, are those thinking she is a brilliant mind.

I tend to gravitate to fruit of the loom for underwear. I just like their tagless clothing. Design by Humans is my only go to for t-shirts. I always hated being a billboard for a brand, and to add insult to injury, had to pay a premium to do so. I prefer DBH, as they have some of the best artists, making designs for this website. Easy to be unique, have art on my shirt, and not be forced to advertise the name, too. Its like buying a Van Gogh for the signature.

Regarding flying, I avoid US Airways at any costs. I don't care who I offend. That carrier is garbage. So I get decent to good service, and you have a client for life. I don't have a favorite, however. Its the reverse for flights. I just know who to avoid.

Correct. Its a community issue. Communities that are rife with crime, aren't solely black. However, those that happen to have the lowest wages, highest drop out rates, teenage pregnancy rates etc, tend to be single parent households. Would marriage fix the issue? It's not the problem. To be more precise, you are seeing men predominantly at the bottom. Why is that? You have millions of fatherless homes. Sense of community gives you a powerful base against your environment. Without it, you're fish in a sea of sharks. Main reason why Asian communities are among the highest earning, even against white communities. It doesn't matter where they wind up. You're likeliest to have a married couple, pushing their kids to stay in school, and a social shame to desert your kids and divorce. You have to stick it out. This isn't a racial issue. Its a community issue. Making it racial, ignores the family dynamics that would push any child to struggle. Not just black kids.

Teach a man to fish, they will feed their family for life. We believe in giving people fish, and that somehow via the dependency it creates, that they will be able to move on with their lives. We prefer to apologize for past wrongs, send a bunch of cheques, talk defunding police, all victimizing people while doing absolutely nothing to help them get out of their own plight. Sooner or later, they will need to learn to fish. Others who taught themselves to and supported each other that got out of their situations don't point to their plight, because its irrelevant.

Both of the communities in the highest bracket, obtain among the most government "aid". Are among the most dependent. I don't have statistics, but am quite confident, that education levels are at the lowest and drop out rates are among the highest, along with teenage pregnancy, kids raising kids, repeating the cycle. These aren't white people issues, if this is what you're trying to get to.

The million dollar question. Who should be on the hook for it? Where I oppose giving everyone free housing, especially someone who chooses to not work but can, is the fact I need to bust my butt to pay for my house. Nobody is helping me, yet my costs of living have skyrocketed along with many others. I feel zero sympathy for welfare frauds. "Government aid" is an oxymoron in my opinion. I believe nobody should be starving to death in a G7 country, however.

Around the 1960's are when you started to see dramatic drops in stable families among the black community in the US. Poverty isn't the issue here. Thats like looking at a flat tire and the road vs what caused the flat. You also saw expansions in the welfare state, creating a dependency. Many factors play a role, but the core one, is the loss of family stability. You can't expect positivity when over 70% of the people in your community live in single parent house holds. Thats almost 3/4 your future men, growing fatherless. In bad environments, no less. Add to that a single mom, typically having to work to keep you fed, removing an additional and critical layer to a child's upbringing--IE maternal love.