{"id":15107,"date":"2017-12-12T11:49:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T16:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=15107"},"modified":"2017-12-12T11:49:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T16:49:15","slug":"un-shocked-by-level-of-poverty-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/un-shocked-by-level-of-poverty-in-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"UN shocked by level of poverty in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.independent.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/thumbnails\/image\/2017\/12\/12\/10\/alabama-poverty1-0.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Some of the worst poverty in the modern world is right here in the US of A. Racism and hate are the TRUE cause of poverty. Southern states, like Alabama and Mississippi are some of the worst, and the majority of the poor are Minorities&#8230;ignored by the GOP representatives who have been elected by White voters and  mandated to keep the poor black citizens in poverty while the White folks get benefit.<br \/>\nThings don&#8217;t change much in the south&#8230;still trying to benefit at the expense of descendants of former slaves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ind.pn\/2BavPQX\">https:\/\/ind.pn\/2BavPQX<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the worst poverty in the modern world is right here in the US of A. Racism and hate are the TRUE cause of poverty. Southern states, like Alabama and Mississippi are some of the worst, and the majority of the poor are Minorities&#8230;ignored by the GOP representatives who have been elected by White [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-15107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11551,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/beyond-flint-lead-poisoning-a-nationwide-epidemic-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":15107,"position":0},"title":"Beyond Flint: Lead poisoning a nationwide epidemic \u2013 report","date":"December 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I think the rich see the poor as a problem. Not poverty as the problem, the poor themselves. \"Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps\", they say. \"Anyone can succeed in America.\" \"You have only yourself to blame for your poverty.\" \"Everyone is equal in America.\" It's just that the rich\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11160,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/the-idea-that-us-food-stamp-recipients-buy-more-junk-food-than-other-americans-is-a-myth\/","url_meta":{"origin":15107,"position":1},"title":"The idea that US food stamp recipients buy more junk food than other Americans is a myth","date":"November 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It's just another way that republicans (mostly) try to make poverty out to be the fault of the poor. Of COURSE you waste food stamps on junk food. You are obviously cannot be expected to make good decisions...that's why you're poor. Because most of the poor are not white, it's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9485,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/global-poverty-declines-even-amid-economic-slowdown-world-bank-says\/","url_meta":{"origin":15107,"position":2},"title":"Global Poverty Declines Even Amid Economic Slowdown, World Bank Says","date":"October 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The number of people living in extreme poverty continues to plunge despite slowing global growth, the World Bank says. More than 1 billion people rose out of poverty between 1990 and 2013, it says.http:\/\/ift.tt\/2dC34CZ","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11417,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/the-american-dream-is-declared-dead-but-no-one-is-complaining-heres-why\/","url_meta":{"origin":15107,"position":3},"title":"The American Dream is Declared Dead. But No One is Complaining. Here&#8217;s Why","date":"December 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\"How did the war on poverty become a war on the poor?\" The easy answer always works for the wealthy...blame the poor for their own poverty. They aren't in any position to defend themselves. The system IS rigged...and it ain't getting any better with the panel of mobsters and corporate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9346,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/u-s-owes-black-people-reparations-for-a-history-of-racial-terrorism-says-u-n-panel\/","url_meta":{"origin":15107,"position":4},"title":"U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of \u2018racial terrorism,\u2019 says U.N. panel","date":"September 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Reparations? How about we start by forcing the cops to stop killing unarmed black people and treating people of color as if they were some subset of America that needs additional policing? That would be a start in reparations...you know...actually giving Americans of Color the same rights as White Americans.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13403,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/source-trump-wants-to-cut-193b-from-food-stamps-cnn-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":15107,"position":5},"title":"Source: Trump wants to cut $193B from food stamps &#8211; CNN Video","date":"May 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Because poor kids don't need to eat. You assholes do realize that only mothers and families with children actually get \"food stamps\" aka SNAP benefits? Right? I mean, you aren't taking food out of the mouths of ALL the poor, just the most vulnerable. 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