[lbo-talk] Sub-prime crisis in Kansas City

Seth Ackerman sethackerman1 at verizon.net
Fri Jan 4 15:00:10 PST 2008


Jordan Hayes wrote:


>John Thornton asks:
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>>Does anyone doubt that poor people of color were targeted more
>>often that poor white people?
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>I'm not so sure, because if there's one thing those guys like it's
>money, and there's a LOT more poor white people than there are poor
>non-white people.
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>Why limit yourself to one kind of poor?
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Well, it could be belief that your poor white victims, once they realize they've been scammed, will be in a better position than your poor black victims to get sympathy from the media or the authorities to expose/crack down on you

But in general, I think that's right....

Seth



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