Chapter
Response to Police Brutality Accusations
18:25 - 23:08 (04:42)
The speaker highlights the irony of using white poverty as a defense against claims of discrimination when police brutality accusations are made, and compares it to a poor region in a foreign country losing jobs due to mine closures.
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The intersection of race and poverty in America is often used as an argument for or against claims of discrimination, but systemic issues cannot be discounted when discussing poverty.
18:25 - 20:08 (01:42)
Race, Poverty
Summary
The intersection of race and poverty in America is often used as an argument for or against claims of discrimination, but systemic issues cannot be discounted when discussing poverty.
ChapterResponse to Police Brutality Accusations
EpisodeHillbilly Elegy
PodcastIf Books Could Kill
The speaker discusses the cultural issues that perpetuate unemployment in poor regions of countries and the combination of explanations that contribute to it.
20:08 - 21:56 (01:48)
Unemployment
Summary
The speaker discusses the cultural issues that perpetuate unemployment in poor regions of countries and the combination of explanations that contribute to it.
ChapterResponse to Police Brutality Accusations
EpisodeHillbilly Elegy
PodcastIf Books Could Kill
The speaker analyzes conservative attitudes towards welfare in Appalachia and argues that cutting welfare has not resulted in economic improvement in the region.
21:56 - 23:08 (01:11)
Welfare, Appalachia
Summary
The speaker analyzes conservative attitudes towards welfare in Appalachia and argues that cutting welfare has not resulted in economic improvement in the region.