“Poverty is not an equal opportunity”

Sam
1 min readMar 12, 2018

https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/two-american-experiences-racial-divide-poverty

There are distinctions in poverty

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/12/black-poverty-differs-from-white-poverty/?utm_term=.fd6c9535268d

Even in poverty, there are privileges and differences if you want to do a side by side. So, in summation, you are wrong. Poor people can be privileged based on race on other factors.

“Privilege” includes numerous societal aspects and factors. It’s not money or class alone. And, it may be best seen depending on the reference point.

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