[sarasmom]

Maybe it's just me. I grew up around poor white Yankee trash, outside a major city. It was very hard to escape that environment.
I don't imagine it is any easier today for poor black trash to escape their environment.

There is a term....”crabs in a bucket”.
I didn't understand what that meant when I was trying to get out of the bucket myself. I didn't live near a coast, and still think eating crabs in the shell is kind of gross.

I do thank God I now live in the South.
It's generally widely understood that trash comes in all colors, and the bigger the bucket, the harder it is to crawl out of it.

[cherry]

difference is that there are way too many that don't even try to get out......

and not trying means not doing what needs to be done to get out: stay in school, learn the English language, and get a job.....