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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Challenge for a lot of poor kids is that [b]they don't have two parents[/b] that can do something like this:

Club 2012: Black parents who made sure their sons succeeded in

For six years, their parents had nagged and prodded and pressed them to perform.

Now these African American seniors in Loudoun County were marking the end of high school with a private ceremony organized by their parents, who had banded together back in middle school to make sure their sons made it successfully to graduation day.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/club-2012-black-parents-who-made-sure-their-sons-succeeded-in-school/2012/06/13/gJQAnEdZcV_story.html[/quote]

There's another cultural problem.  Dad's not around.  Dad can't man up and take responsibility.  Dad can't be bothered with the baby's mama.  Premarital sex, teen sex, irresponsibility, mysoginy, just party, be casual, and have a good time, never mind the consequences of anything.  The poverty remains self-perpetuating and multigenerational for as long as this is never seriously addressed.[/quote]

Being poor sucks. And it has all sorts of negative externalities. That's why we try to mitigate it.

The "cultural problem" you speak of is one that poor blacks and poor whites share. [/quote]

I agree, the cultural problem is shared, and in the Rust Belt you will see poor whites with those same problems.

BUT, we are talking about DC, where the problem isn't poor white folks.[/quote]

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