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I wrote that. Opinion. Source? Link? ( ! )I don't know. On some level I think it is race based. For example, Republicans NEVER minded welfare or foodstamps when blacks were being unconstitutionally denied it. Did y you know that? Back in the 60's poor black women were being told no when they asked for public assistance but across town in the white neighborhood, any poor white girl was getting it. The Supreme Court said that was unconstitutional and suddenly thousands of black women across America were qualified to get the same benefits. That's when white America started hating welfare and the welfare queens who were on it.
On some level, I know Republicans don't like foreigners. They use to tell my dad to go back to where he came from. Now he was Greek. So was my mom. But today no one is telling me to go back to Greece. So no, it wasn't his race it was his accent. Still, pretty deplorable thing to tell an immigrant. So what do you call people who said that to my dad if not racist? I'll start calling them that.
I'm sure it was an oversight, so please take this opportunity to provide your reliable source and working link supporting your allegation.
Thank you!
You made the statement, and I quote: "For example, Republicans NEVER minded welfare or food stamps when blacks were being unconstitutionally denied it."
So show us your support for this allegation. Or did you simply make it up?
God damn you! LOL
Welfare expands in the 1960s | Soc 315 – Social Welfare
- blacks were often flat-out denied welfare benefits to which they were enitled
It didn't take much to find.
The ADC was an extension of the state-operated mothers’ pension programs, where white widows were the primary beneficiaries. The criteria for eligibility and need were state-determined, so blacks continued to be barred from full participation because the country operated under the “separate but equal” doctrine adopted by the Supreme Court in 1896.
Jim Crow Laws and the separate but equal doctrine resulted in the creation of a two-track service delivery system in both law and custom, one for whites and one for blacks that were anything but equal.
Developments in the 1950s and ’60’s further disadvantaged black families.
This happened when states stepped up efforts to reduce ADC enrollment and costs. As I examined in my book, residency requirements were proposed so as to bar blacks migrating from the South to qualify for the program. New York City’s “man in the house rule” required welfare workers to make unannounced visits to determine if fathers were living in the home – if evidence of a male presence was found, cases were closed and welfare checks discontinued.
How racism has shaped welfare policy in America since 1935
Too easy
The Equal Protection Clause is a clause within the text of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides "nor shall any State [...] deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws".
A primary motivation for this clause was to validate the equality provisions contained in the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which guaranteed that all citizens would have the guaranteed right to equal protection by law. As a whole, the Fourteenth Amendment marked a large shift in American constitutionalism, by applying substantially more constitutional restrictions against the states than had applied before the Civil War.
The meaning of the Equal Protection Clause has been the subject of much debate, and inspired the well-known phrase "Equal Justice Under Law". This clause was the basis for Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court decision that helped to dismantle racial segregation, and also the basis for many other decisions rejecting discrimination against, and bigotry towards, people belonging to various groups.
While the Equal Protection Clause itself applies only to state and local governments, the Supreme Court held in Bolling v. Sharpe (1954) that the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendmentnonetheless imposes various equal protection requirements on the federal government via reverse incorporation.
Equal Protection Clause - Wikipedia
The fact you don't know all this is telling about you.
As is well known, it was President Bill Clinton (Democrat) who signed the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. You confirm that with your source.
Besides, an opinion article, from far-left liberal professor Alma Carten, in Social Work, at the far left New York University.
You proved nothing but that I am right.
Please show us how much poverty has skyrocketed since the failed War on Poverty begun by President Lyndon Johnson.
Thank you, thank you so much!
Actually poverty was reduced.