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Well, actually, no. jh Send a noteboard - 08/03/2011 06:56:05 PM
When 30 of 30 individuals in bankruptcy court are black and/or Hispanic, then you are seeing a problem where race plays a factor. If by saying "I doubt it is race related in this case" you are saying you don't think it's genetic, then I agree with you and I was not trying at any point to imply that it was. However, from a socioeconomic perspective, there is certainly something at work.


I wasn't thinking about the genetics, I was thinking that you'll find a larger amount of bankruptcies in any group that is historically poor. You can make a racist argument that a larger percentage of blacks and hispanics in history have been poor; but I am not certain that is true either, and seems more to me like we are painting with a broad brush. I can certainly see how they'd be overrepresented in a court like that, but I think you'll see a larger correlation in a socio-economic background check if you look at a larger scale.
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"Till Debt do us Part" and "Princess": Everything thats wrong with our society Urza - 07/03/2011 04:22:19 AM 728 Views
Never seen those shows Bramhodoulos - 07/03/2011 10:26:04 AM 383 Views
Re: "Till Debt do us Part" and "Princess": Everything thats wrong with our society Camilla - 07/03/2011 10:47:27 AM 421 Views
because they watch shows like Keeping Up with The Kardashins and try to "Keep up" Aisha - 07/03/2011 01:07:45 PM 371 Views
Also, they need a strict Asian mother like mine Aisha - 07/03/2011 01:11:52 PM 398 Views
I've found that the best way to save is to not spend your money. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/03/2011 10:42:03 PM 142 Views
That alone is a terrible strategy. You need to invest it wisely. Tom - 07/03/2011 11:07:25 PM 393 Views
Premium bonds! Nebhead - 07/03/2011 11:39:13 PM 334 Views
Yup. That's what I hear. globug0822 - 08/03/2011 09:50:34 PM 383 Views
Try going to bankruptcy court. Tom - 07/03/2011 08:05:34 PM 488 Views
Well. jh - 07/03/2011 09:15:57 PM 382 Views
It is by definition race-related. Tom - 07/03/2011 09:29:31 PM 403 Views
Well, actually, no. jh - 08/03/2011 06:56:05 PM 372 Views
Well, you're wrong. Tom - 08/03/2011 09:05:53 PM 425 Views
Probably a combination of all of those reasons beetnemesis - 08/03/2011 01:22:19 AM 345 Views
That's a very good point. Tom - 08/03/2011 04:03:03 PM 323 Views
I suppose the other way of looking at it could be... Michael - 08/03/2011 09:27:59 AM 359 Views
I'm not sure about the stigma issue Tom - 08/03/2011 04:05:22 PM 334 Views
Regional unemployment rates is probably your big one Isaac - 08/03/2011 01:58:15 PM 407 Views
The subprime component could be a telling one Tom - 08/03/2011 03:04:48 PM 360 Views
Re: The subprime component could be a telling one Isaac - 08/03/2011 04:34:13 PM 435 Views
I don't think I could watch a show titled "Princess" without risking putting a hole in my TV ßelals Girl - 08/03/2011 07:43:45 PM 343 Views
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