There are poor whites in this country. There are poor whites who work hard and still lack for basics. And there are poor whites who live off a government check, abuse drugs and alcohol, commit violence against their families, and don’t observe much sexual restraint.
However, even the trashy kind of poor white tends to make a personal hell at home, without banding together and making a ghetto out of the whole town.
And if you’re wondering who is going to pull you out of your car when you’re stopped at a red light or for a traffic accident, I’ll give you odds it isn’t going to be a white person.
And Bernie, if you want to know who gets followed and hassled on the street, ask a young woman. Ask a young white woman who lives where there are a fair number of black people.
You could even try the experiment as an old white guy. Go to Boston or New Haven, and pick a neighborhood where people qualify to know what poverty is, as you understand it.