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JI7

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11. this is true of all minority groups

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 07:02 PM

Jun 2016

Although you can see it more clearly in black and hispanics since they have larger population.

I think differences among minorities are usually on social matters . Sometimes due to religion .

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Does anyone else here think that class divides among whites are more salient... [View all] YoungDemCA Jun 2016 OP

Maybe to an extent, but having first hand experience, I'd say income has more of an effect tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

So your family wasn't family JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #4

Say what? Where'd you get that. We had a support network of people just like us - poor. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #5

See my response down below JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #6

oh yes swhisper1 Jun 2016 #2

Yep - I think I posted about this previously JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #3

Because "White people" is not an ethnic group elljay Jun 2016 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #8

When the economy goes sour, black people feel it more and therefore there may be a collective Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2016 #9

Yep. I do. And for alot of the reasons that you already noted. Number23 Jun 2016 #10

this is true of all minority groups JI7 Jun 2016 #11

All I can say is when white people get into a room, or neighborhood, or county, rusty quoin Jun 2016 #12

i think it's different life experience but white is seen as the norm. not just conservatives JI7 Jun 2016 #13

Yeah, that's the thing. rusty quoin Jun 2016 #15

Growing up in NYC it's always been the opposite. I remember visiting NJ or Wisconsin and feeling bettyellen Jun 2016 #16

White Privilege rusty quoin Jun 2016 #18

You nailed it. I think it'll be strange seeing sexism's big resurgence with HRC bettyellen Jun 2016 #21

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2016 #20

In many black families, getting into the middle class is recent history ... kwassa Jun 2016 #14

Excellent post Kwassa n/t JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #19

Historically until very recently Chitown Kev Jun 2016 #17

Absolutely ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #22