I don't think commonality is what the poor need. Opportunities, education, job skills, and a fair chance is what they need. Commonality is worthless.
When you went to school did you go to schools where half the kids were from different countries? And the display of culture distracted the locals so much that education levels have falllen through the basement?
The public school system was desegregated when I was in. Went from 1 or 2 blacks for all 6 grades of elementary to around 1/3 black for the rest of my time in school.
If having another culture simply being present distracted you that much, you probably weren't going to be paying attention anyway.
Blacks speak English no?
Yes they do.
So now you will key in on that, and ignore the post about working with Hispanics? Okey dokey.
My point is that commonality is not what the poor need. It does nothing for them. It does nothing to lift them out of their poverty.
So you graduated from a school with commonality then got a job working with a few Latinos for a day or two and you think you can relate to what I’m saying? Haha
No, I finished school and joined the Navy. The commonality you think is so important was largely not present in Basic Training. I was one of 3 southerners in a company of 85 guys. Most of them were from the northeast. They talked about the southerners, made fun of the southerners and shunned the southerners. I still did what I had to do to get through it.
And it was not just working with a few Latinos for a day or two. It was almost a year of working with 30 or 40 Latinos. And we worked our asses off. If they made fun of, or talked about the "gringo", I didn't give a damn. We worked side by side. I earned their respect.