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| Quote: | | I'd still argue that the hard part is going from poor to rich. |
Going to rich is very hard, regardless. The white trailer park person, however, may still get into a 2yr dental hygienist program and find herself middle class in short order. Then, when that person moves from a lower income neighborhood in Pittsburgh (or wherever), to a nicer suburb, she still gets respect in the new neighborhood, even if her original family's background is poor. This is where being *white* in America helps; everyone respects an underdog story. Why do you think 'Rocky' or 'Flashdance' were such popular movies.
| Quote: | | Color does not make it any easier but are suburban middle class white really still nervous if a black middle class family moves in next door? |
If the area was originally predominately white and then, all of a sudden within 5-10 years, the racial characteristics change, then you'll hear a lot more chatter, among various social circles, that the region is in *decline*. You won't hear that if poor whites, who pulled themselves up by the bootstrap, like my example above, all decided to converge upon that community along with a sliver of so-called model minority types like east Asians. That town would get the label of the up & coming, good role models community. |
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