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Philip Bump
April 1, 2014

Gulsah Dark
10-22-14

Wade Davis
September 2010

Julien Petit
March 2012

The source of Black

Poverty isnt Black
Culture, its American
Culture. The article
talks about how
poverty in the black
community isnt due
to the culture of the
black people, but to
the culture of
America. The article
talks about three
options as
conclusions to the
Black poverty rates.
It talks about the
cultural forces at play
and which is possibly
true. In simple terms
there are three
reasons to why the
black community
continues to
experience higher
levels of poverty. Its
either the fault of the

Over the past years

we find ourselves at
the heart of breaking
news stories about
the relentless efforts
that involve the U.S.
government. The
ludicrous violence by
ISIS has led to the
devastation of
mosques, churches,
synagogues, tombs,
shrines and other
cultural and sacred
relics at an
unprecedented rate
in the region graced
with thousands of
historic sites. The
remains of Syrias
culture and the
cultures of other
countries in the
Middle East. These
cultures are gravely
threatened by

The Washington
Times
October 5, 2007
Americans arent the
only ones who are
wary of culture
changes and
Immigration. A wideranging global
attitudes survey of
more than 45,000
people in 47
countries released
yesterday by the Pew
Research Center
finds assorted
populations are
warm to the benefits
of global trade. But
theyre cool
downright chilly in
some cases
toward the toll it
could exact on their
national identities.
Majorities in every
country agreed that
international trade
was positive

Over the past few

years many scientist
have proved that all
peoples alive today
are descendants of a
small number of
individuals who
walked out of Africa
thousands of years
ago. The shared
heritage implies that
all cultures
essentially have the
same potential and
ideas. Whether they
exercise this
intellectual capacity
to produce stunning
works of
technological
innovation or to
maintain an
incredibly elaborate
network of kin
relationships is
simply a matter of

Simet and her family

left Iraq when she
was 7 in 1995, so
that her 15 year old
brother wouldnt
have to serve in the
army. I remember
everything, Simet
said, the hunger,
the thirst, but most
of all the fear [of
being caught]. We
could spend days
with nothing to drink
or eat. We were on
the move all the time
walking and hiding.
We had to reach
Sweden so we would
reunite the family in
a safe place. I knew
we had to keep
silent. I never cried,
even when I was
hungry or tired. I did
it for my family.

black community, the

fault of poor people,
or it is societys fault.
The option of it being
the fault of poor
people, there is
something about
being poor that
results in future
generations being
poor. Parents who
have been out of
work take refuge in
the welfare state,
living on food stamps
and government
services. So their
children learn that
this is a viable means
of survival. The
black culture option
is simply stated as
laziness. Ta-Nehisi
Coates says, black
people are less
responsible, less
moral, or less
upstanding.

multiple Extremist
groups, but most of
all ISIS. The U.S.
Bureau of
International
Information
Programs (IIP)
reported last month
that "more than 90
percent of Syria's
cultural sites are
inside areas of
conflict and
displacement."
During the three-year
military conflict, the
country's ancient
treasures on
UNESCO's World
Heritage List have
been reduced to
nothing more than a
pile of rubble.
Another earlier IIP
report says the Jobar
Synagogue in
Damascus, one of the
world's earliest
synagogues, was
flattened, and the
Greco-Roman
settlement, Palmyra,
was also on the brink
of destruction. Last

ranging from a low of

59 percent in the U.S.
to an enthusiastic 90
percent and more in
China, Israel and
seven other
countries. In todays
rapidly changing
world, many are
worried about losing
their traditional
culture. While 73
percent of American
respondents fretted
about the trend, the
sentiment was more
pronounced in
Britain, France,
Germany and Spain.
It was more than 90
percent in South
Korea and
Bangladesh. Concern
for loss of tradition,
however, was less
strident in many
Middle Eastern
countries, at 51
percent among
Palestinians and 53
percent in Jordan.

choice and
orientation, adaptive
benefits and cultural
priorities. Each of the
planets cultures is a
unique answer to the
question of what it
means to be human.
And together they
make up our
repertoire for dealing
with the challenges
that will confront us
as a species in the
years to come. The
key indicator of this
decline in cultural
diversity is language
loss. A language, of
course, is not merely
a set of grammatical
rules or a vocabulary.
It is the vehicle by
which the soul of
each particular
culture comes into
the material world.
Each one is an oldgrowth forest of the
mind. Linguists
agree, however, that
50 percent of the
worlds 7,000
languages are

Their escape to
safety hasnt entirely
protected Simet and
her family, their new
threat is in the form
of the practice of
their religion.

year, the Great

Mosque of Aleppo,
formerly a Byzantine
church, was
extensively damaged
during the heavy
fighting between the
Free Syrian Army
(FSA) and Assad's
pro-government
forces in the old city
of Aleppo, which was
the home of Hittite,
Hellenistic, Roman,
Ayyubid, Seljuk and
Ottoman civilizations.
Many other Sunni,
Sufi and Christian
remains were
bombed and looted
as well.
Main Idea 2:

Perhaps another
assumption is in
order. Let's assume
instead that the black
culture option is the
correct explanation.
That pathology
actually is something
reserved for black
people.
But again: What are
the components of

The ludicrous
violence by ISIS has
led to the devastation
of mosques,
churches,
synagogues, tombs,
shrines and other
cultural and sacred
relics at an
unprecedented rate
in the region graced
with thousands of
historic sites. The
remains of Syrias
culture and the
cultures of other

endangered.

. While 73 percent of
American
respondents fretted
about the trend, the
sentiment was more
pronounced in
Britain, France,
Germany and Spain.
It was more than 90
percent in South
Korea and
Bangladesh. Concern
for loss of tradition,
however, was less
strident in many
Middle Eastern

The shared heritage

implies that all
cultures essentially
have the same
potential and ideas.
Whether they
exercise this
intellectual capacity
to produce stunning
works of
technological
innovation or to
maintain an incredibly
elaborate network of
kin relationships is
the business of what

Simet and her family

left Iraq when she
was 7 in 1995, so
that her 15 year old
brother wouldnt have
to serve in the army.
Because at the age
her brother was at he
wouldve been
automatically
inducted into the
army. Also in 1995,
the Iraqi Kurdish Civil
War was happening,
which is also a
reason that Simet

that culture? Paul

Ryan got in trouble
because he implied
that the problem
was, in short,
laziness. Coates
frames it loosely in
similar terms
"black people are
less responsible, less
moral, or less
upstanding" which
Chait quickly steps
away from,
preferring the gauzy
expression "cultural
norms that inhibited
economic success."
The paper cited by
Chait indicates a
number of very
specific behaviorisms
and attitudes, some
of which he notes,
but it also downplays
the idea of "culture"
as an organizing
force.
The clean overlap
with longstanding
anti-black
stereotypes
embodied in the

countries in the
Middle East.

countries, at 51
percent among
Palestinians and 53
percent in Jordan

they do when the

information has been
presented to them.

and her family

decided to leave

Ryan argument and

in Coates'
formulation is the
problem. It's what
got Ryan in trouble.
And it's why, from
the outset, the black
culture formulation
should be considered
suspect.
In his most recent
post, Coates makes
an exhaustive
argument
demonstrating the
lengthy history of
racist policies and
programs that
existed to help white
Americans at the
expense of black
Americans. Chait
presents the
evolutionary repeal
of programs explicitly
targeting blacks as
progress the end
of slavery, the end of
Jim Crow. Coates
presents it as
refinement, as a
softening and
blurring of the

Main Idea 3:

approach society
takes toward putting
the interest of whites
over blacks. It's the
Lee Atwater-ization
of institutional
racism, manifested
on the front page of
The New York Times
on the same day
that Coates
published that essay
in the form of
expanded voting
restrictions that
would keep more
black (Democratic)
voters from getting
to the polls.
It likely means
assuming that vague,
hard-to-identify and
complex cultural
attitudes are
responsible for most
of the things on this
bulleted list: flat
wages, higher rates
of arrest for
possession of
marijuana, higher
rates of
incarceration, a
greater likelihood of

These cultures are

gravely threatened by
multiple Extremist
groups, but most of all
ISIS. The U.S.
Bureau of
International
Information Programs
(IIP) reported last
month that "more than
90 percent of Syria's
cultural sites are inside
areas of conflict and
displacement." During
the three-year military
conflict, the country's
ancient treasures on

There are wideranging global

surveys of more
than 45,000 people
in 47 countries
released yesterday
by the Pew Research
Center finds assorted
populations are
warm to the benefits
of global trade. But
theyre cool
downright chilly in
some cases
toward the toll it

With the amount of

things that all human
share together, you
would think that we
would be more
compiled and
together. Which isnt
the case, all of us
fight and argue, and
even think of each
other as the lesser
one sometimes. Its
quite ironic how its
been proven we all
originate from the

Simet and her family

spent weeks hiding
out of fear that they
would get caught.
The fate they would
have had to endure
wouldve been great
if they were caught.
They would have all
been punished
severely in the most
cruel, and inhumane
way possible in Iraq.

Main Idea 4:

being arrested at
school, a lower
likelihood of being
accepted to top-tier
colleges. When The
Wire noted that
black preschoolers
are more likely to be
expelled from their
preschool programs,
multiple people
wrote in to blame
the black culture of
single parenthood. It
was blamed on black
culture.
The article then goes
on to ask if it is so
impossible to
imagine that America
was born with sin
and keeps sinning.
No matter how much
you believe in the
perfection of the
American dream,
you've certainly met
enough Americans to
know that the ideal
may not always be
met. Racism is the
simplest answer and
racism, of all
theories, is the one

UNESCO's World
Heritage List have
been reduced to
nothing more than a
pile of rubble.

could exact on their

national identities. I
believe that these
surveys are great
research on what
people identify as,
and what they are
accepted as.

same place, but still

in the eyes of those
today some are
greater than others
and hold much more
superiority.

Another earlier IIP

report says the Jobar
Synagogue in
Damascus, one of the
world's earliest
synagogues, was
flattened, and the
Greco-Roman
settlement, Palmyra,
was also on the brink
of destruction. Last
year, the Great
Mosque of Aleppo,
formerly a Byzantine
church, was
extensively damaged
during the heavy
fighting between the

Majorities in every
country agreed that
international trade
was positive
ranging from a low of
59 percent in the U.S.
to an enthusiastic 90
percent and more in
China, Israel and
seven other
countries. In todays
rapidly changing
world, many are
worried about losing
their traditional
culture.

Language, of course,
is not merely a set of
grammatical rules or
a vocabulary. It is the
vehicle by which the
soul of each
particular culture
comes into the
material world. Each
one is an old-growth
forest of the mind.
Linguists agree,
however, that 50
percent of the
worlds 7,000
languages are
endangered.

We could spend days

with nothing to drink
or eat. We were on
the move all the time
walking and hiding.
We had to reach
Sweden so we would
reunite the family in
a safe place. I knew
we had to keep
silent. I never cried,
even when I was
hungry or tired. I did
it for my family.
Their escape to
safety hasnt entirely
protected Simet and
her family, their new

with a robust
evidentiary trail.
Finally, consider
this: The poverty
level in the Hispanic
community was 33
percent in 2012. In
1970, the figure was
24.3 percent. Poverty
is entrenched in the
Hispanic community.
Do we blame black
culture? Latino
culture? Maybe we
should consider that
Coates is right, and
admit that America
needs to fix itself
before it starts trying
to fix the cultures it
has spent a long time
breaking.

Free Syrian Army

(FSA) and Assad's
pro-government
forces in the old city
of Aleppo, which was
the home of Hittite,
Hellenistic, Roman,
Ayyubid, Seljuk and
Ottoman civilizations.
Many other Sunni,
Sufi and Christian
remains were
bombed and looted
as well.

threat is in the form

of the practice of
their religion.
Although they
escaped Iraq, they
now are the in a war
to practice their not
so wide known
religion, a religion
that you can only be
born into and is
almost exclusive.