re: Dennis Prager on why poverty does NOT cause crime

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i've taught about 100 kids from africa ... they actually know what 'poor' means ... getting all of your food the first day of the month ... one shirt ... no modern comforts of western civilization - tv, ac, cell phones, etc ... they didn't own a home, have a bank account, or parents who attended college ... many of them, probably a majority, went on to attend college ... none of them ... and i mean literally, none of them, were ever a discipline problem in class ... i'm sure you have an explanation which excuses black americans, however ...

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What you don't understand is that something, during some point in time caused a culture shift and changed the attitudes of many black Americans.

They became stuck in a perpetual cycle that they cannot break from because they do what their parent(s) do who did what their parent(s) do, etc. It's a cycle of bad culture, poverty, and crime.

They didn't just decide one day to live like that. Something caused the world-view that led to them living like that.

Poor Africans in Africa had completely different experiences from poor blacks in Africa. And poverty is all relative.