Paul Ryan Says Men In Inner Cities Arent Even Thinking About Working - Rep. Paul Ryans effort to brand himself as a Republican anti-poverty crusader continues. The House Budget Committee chair and former Republican vice-presidential nominee went on Bill Bennetts radio show to talk about his ongoing desire to address poverty by eviscerating most of Americas existing anti-poverty programs. That means doubling down on the damage of the 1996 welfare reform and, of course, a lot of racist dog whistles masquerading as talk about the dignity of work and the culture of work. Ryan told Bennett: “We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning to value the culture of work, so there is a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with.” Got that? In case your ears dont catch the frequency Ryan is speaking at, let me translate: The problem is in our inner cities (where the black people live) where men (black men) are not even thinking about working. Its a real culture problem (black culture). Blow, blow, blow into that dog whistle, Paul. In case he wasnt being clear enough, though, Ryan cited Charles Murray, a conservative political scientist who has argued that race and IQ are genetically linked and a lot of poor people are born lazy. Paul Ryan wants us to believe that Americas persistently high poverty is because of the moral and cultural failings of poor people. And not just any poor people, but the specific ones who live in inner cities. As if the people who are victims of economic inequality as a form of racial inequality are responsible for that racial and economic inequality. This is a country where a study has found that its easier for a white felon than for a black non-felon to get a job. But please, Rep. Ryan, as part of your push to slash anti-poverty programs, do tell me about how the real culture problem is that generations of men in the inner city dont value the culture of work.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:06:52 +0000
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