Being Poor by John Scalzi
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- Crouwel0
i still don't have enough extra cash left to have a tooth fixed, but tonight i was out with a lady who is also a designer who is in a worse scenario, she had some poisonous stuff put in her tooth way back that is now illegal in dentistry, but she got some serious side effects from it and yet she doesn't have enough health ins. coverage to fix it either..
yes, when you don't have enough money you become very very much aware of the cost of everything.
but it does not make me very unhappy, to be honest tho..
- JazX0
I guess u cant understand it from a black persons eyes. its all perspective on a person. just like americans dont really care the iraqi civilians deaths more than americans own.
goozebump
(Sep 4 05, 13:56)that's complete BS, sure I do, went to innercity public grade schools, middle school and high schools up to grade 11. there were those innercity kids that gave a sh*t and those that didn't. those that did to this day I am friends with and they make more than I do and I consider myself somewhat of a success considering my lower blue collar upbringing.
stop with that talk. there are so many opps for African-Americans, Hispanics and poor Whites in terms of scholarships it's sick.
- Crouwel0
googul imajes..
i dun get it..
- version30
then there are sports figures
no need to link all those
- version30
they are all black people who have made political impact in america
- version30
http://www.house.gov/cummings/cb…
goozebump, all of the people listed are black
why don't you email them all of your feel sorry rederick and see how much they agree with you
- Crouwel0
http://americablog.blogspot.com/…
omfg indeed!
well, you know.. "they culd be terrerrists threatening our freedom loving nashun, that want to distroooy the liberties and freedoms we enjoy so much"
- version30
i'm fairly sure most here would look sideways at your stements and attitude about race
- Crouwel0
being poor is a choice
version3
(Sep 4 05, 11:43)careful there my friend.
there's so many more factors involved, that statement is just a little too bold.
- version30
and what about this
http://images.google.com/images?…vs this:
http://www.google.com/search?hs=…???
do you think they understand or even care??
do you?
- Crouwel0
i hear ya, v3.
but is this only about finger pointing?
should we not acknowledge or if not look deeper into poverty and the causal complications involved?
- Goozebump0
hey version3 so since being poor is a choice and jsut with hard work u become rich, wouldnt it be fair to let all those millonarees kids out their only allow to give their kids just enough money to survive and since its so easy to ger rich they could become rich with hard work to.
- Crouwel0
and now in english please?
- version30
crouwel, i don't claim to have any of the answers i only know my own experiences.
before i got my ass up, hit the pavement and started having to show of myself I didn't have shit either
borrowing money only helps in the short term
being BROKE is wuite a motivation
being so broke you eat only raman and koolaid then going to ramen and water then wishing you had enough for ramen will put your mind in places you won't willingly go
i'm not going to sit here and have some reverse racist fuck goozebump tell me how this country is... it cares about one color, not white or black but green, poor white people don't get any more respect than poor blacks
if he wants to keep complaining about a past our generation is not a part of well i can only understand why he has not gotten the success he so desires
get up off your ass and do something and maybe with some perseverance, hard work, and a lot of grains of salt you will earn your way up the ladder
until then sit there with your hand out wanting for freebies and see just how far you make it in this world
that goes for EVERYONE
sorry crouwel i wrote all that and i still believe...
being poor is a choice
but i will append it for clarification
it is a choice for those of age to seek gainful employment
children i do not think would choose to be poor but i dont want to believe that they themselves want to rise above poverty and will do something about it as soon as they can
- Goozebump0
likr i sadi b4 twice in my post im not racist im not being racist its the fact that u pretend its not there and a factor at all.