teamlessinseattle
teamlessinseattle t1_irnihum wrote
Reply to comment by uhhiforget in Gun violence in Philadeplphia. Not beautiful, but... by uhhiforget
Just pointing out that your belief that “lack of ownership for one’s actions” is the cause assumes people living in these poorer neighborhoods are somehow morally inferior to those living in well-off neighborhoods, rather than, you know, it being about their material conditions and systemic neglect.
teamlessinseattle t1_irn9727 wrote
Reply to comment by uhhiforget in Gun violence in Philadeplphia. Not beautiful, but... by uhhiforget
Judging by that map, poverty is unsurprisingly the #1 predictor
teamlessinseattle t1_irp4wjx wrote
Reply to comment by 857477459 in Gun violence in Philadeplphia. Not beautiful, but... by uhhiforget
Wow yeah, it’s almost as if certain groups in America are somehow more likely to live in poverty than others. Surely that has nothing to do with our history though.