Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Rich and Poor
Have you ever heard someone say that rich people, in order to amass wealth, must have exploited others or must have done something illicit or illegal? Have you ever heard that making money through business or banking is a bad thing?
Have you ever heard someone say that poor people have no one to blame but themselves for their poverty? Or that poverty is a sign of their own degeneracy and corruption? That a poor people are bad people?
To what extent do you think these statements are true? How do you react when someone else says things like this? Are the comments about rich and poor the same or is one type of comment worse than the other? Why?
Have you ever heard someone say that poor people have no one to blame but themselves for their poverty? Or that poverty is a sign of their own degeneracy and corruption? That a poor people are bad people?
To what extent do you think these statements are true? How do you react when someone else says things like this? Are the comments about rich and poor the same or is one type of comment worse than the other? Why?
# posted by Against Prejudice @ 8:30 PM 
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