tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post4384435153984710770..comments2023-10-23T12:23:54.134-05:00Comments on Larry James' Urban Daily: Imagining poverty in Dallas. . .Larry Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06124477733714017000noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-66729862262317215312009-09-03T17:26:51.387-05:002009-09-03T17:26:51.387-05:00August S. Francis: You've made a good point, ...August S. Francis: You've made a good point, but the scope of your analysis is not broad enough. Positive mental attitude doesn't overcome systemic realities for neighborhoods and communities abandoned to poverty, loss of jobs and disinvestment by public policy. Nor does it offset the negative impact of stiffling, generational poverty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-37315960551074768232009-09-03T16:53:31.408-05:002009-09-03T16:53:31.408-05:00What we call "poverty" is something that...What we call "poverty" is something that many families have lived with in the inner-city for years. They didn't know they were poor because they only knew what the had and it worked for them. They were not worried about what someone else had. Poverty was when there was no joy in the home.<br /><br />One famous person said they they knew how to abound and they knew how to be abased. Yet they were still more than victorious.<br /><br />The greatest poverty that there is is the poverty of our young people who think they can't be any more and some of our adults who have told them they never will amount to more.<br /><br />It we work on THAT poverty, the other can be dealt with!August S. Francishttp://www.linkedin.com/in/augustfrancisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-2848536698076909412009-09-03T10:36:09.327-05:002009-09-03T10:36:09.327-05:00First thing that jumps out at me is that a minimum...First thing that jumps out at me is that a <i>minimum</i> of 34% of Dallas households are surviving on less than a living wage. This percentage is almost certainly higher, as I'm sure the average number of people in the lowest 34% of households is greater than 1.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393268415942558410noreply@blogger.com