Here’s what he said:
“If you spend time in hardscrabble, white upstate New York, or eastern Kentucky, or my own native West Texas, and you take an honest look at the welfare dependency, the drug and alcohol addiction, the family anarchy—which is to say, the whelping of human children with all the respect and wisdom of a stray dog—you will come to an awful realization. It wasn’t Beijing. It wasn’t even Washington, as bad as Washington can be. It wasn’t immigrants from Mexico, excessive and problematic as our current immigration levels are. It wasn’t any of that,”
I would have to say that the situation he said is true to a certain extent in many White communities. The problem I have with him is he GENERALIZES it to every single white community without differentiating those who are truly hurting with those who are irresponsible.
“I would have to say that the situation he said is true to a certain extent in many White communities. The problem I have with him is he GENERALIZES it to every single white community without differentiating those who are truly hurting with those who are irresponsible.”
I disagree. He was very careful to differentiate between “poor white America” dependent upon welfare, addiction, and anarchy and those who are successful, educated, and contributing to society.
In effect, he is saying there is a “poor white American” ghetto with the same irresponsible behavior patterns that have destroyed the black inner cities.
His advice is the best thing for them to do is to rent a U-Haul and move. BTW, he pretty much described my background. Been there. He’s right. The only way out is moving.