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The existence of the millions of poor whites proves that being poor isn't determined by solely by race. How does a poor black person know that they are poor because they are black, or because of other factors? Millions of non-white immigrants come to this country with nothing, and despite not being white, end up with more than the average black person. So is it race that is the answer to everything or are there many other factors at play too?

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Nobody is saying that all white people are rich and all black people are poor. That's ridiculous and you know it.  Nor is anyone saying all poor black people are poor because they are black.

What they are saying is that systemic racism is a major factor in black poverty, whereas it is not a major factor in white poverty.  For instance, no white people with the means to afford it were denied the sale of a home because of their race and therefore denied the #1 method of transferring generational wealth, whereas millions of black people were. So perhaps a hypothetical poor black person in 2020 was never personally discriminated against directly, but generations of low property values in their neighborhood caused by redlining resulted in reduced funding for schools in their neighborhood which resulted in less educational attainment in their neighborhood which resulted in less college attendance in their neighborhood which resulted in reduced wages.

And the immigrant example you used is misleading.  Legal immigration into the US is expensive and time consuming. The people who can go through that process are vastly more likely to already have the resources to succeed.  Refugees are a different story, but there's also a reason why so many cab drivers in DC have Masters and Ph.Ds.[/quote]

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