Post by ShivaTD on Sept 6, 2013 14:38:49 GMT
Many conservatives object to the connection between the Tea Party Movement and Racism so we should establish how this connection is made. While there isn't a single representative that speaks for the Tea Party Movement self-proclaimed Tea Party members in the House of Representatives have expressed the following and endorsed it in their budgetary proposals:
That sounds good on paper but in attempting to reduce discretionary spending they've focused on cutting welfare programs to the poor while poverty has increased dramatically since 2008 predominately among minorities and specifically among blacks in America.
From a 2011 report:
I highly suggest reading this entire story on poverty from 2011 as it goes into much more detail than I present here. We should also note that just because a family isn't below the "official poverty level" doesn't imply that they're not living in poverty.
When we address poverty in the United States, that the Tea Party advocated dramatically reducing assistance to mitigate, 2.7-times as many black Americans (35%) are in "official poverty" when compared to whites (13%) so cutting aid to mitigate the effects of poverty is directly tied to "race" as African-American families are disproportionally affected by the budgetary cuts.
kff.org/other/state-indicator/poverty-rate-by-raceethnicity/
Additionally African-Americans that were already subjected to much higher levels of poverty because of economic discrimination in America suffered far more because the 2008 recession than did white Americans. From a 2010 analysis:
We could go on and on but there is a simple fact here that must be recognized. Since 2008 the need for assistance to mitigate the effects of poverty has increased substantially and African-Americans that are subjected to racial discrimination are overwhelmingly affected adversely when it comes to slashing these welfare benefits. Slashing them at all, when the need has increased dramatically, can't be rationalized and the fact that blacks are the one that will suffer the most from these Tea Party proposals establishes an "anti-black racial" connection related to the proposals.
We haven't even touched the proposal by the Tea Party to end "Obamacare" and cut Medicaid funding when 50% of all Americans that require medical services but can't afford them are African-Americans.
In virtually every Tea Party Movement budget proposal those that are disproportionally negatively affected are almost always African-Americans. To place this in a simple "cause and effect" relationship we can summarize it as follows.
CAUSE = Tea Party Proposed Budget Cuts
EFFECT = Disproportionate negative impact on African-Americans
Reduce discretionary spending to 2008 levels (76%)
www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2011/10/18/tea-party-budget-cuts-9-trillion
www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2011/10/18/tea-party-budget-cuts-9-trillion
That sounds good on paper but in attempting to reduce discretionary spending they've focused on cutting welfare programs to the poor while poverty has increased dramatically since 2008 predominately among minorities and specifically among blacks in America.
From a 2011 report:
According to a special report from the U.S. Census Bureau, 46.2 million Americans are now living in poverty. The number of those living in poverty in America has grown by 2.6 million in just the last 12 months, and that is the largest increase that we have ever seen since the U.S. government began calculating poverty figures back in 1959.
Back in the year 2000, 11.3% of all Americans were living in poverty. Today, 15.1% of all Americans are living in poverty. The last time the poverty level was this high was back in 1993.
However, it is important to keep in mind that the government definition of poverty rises based on the rate of inflation. If inflation was still calculated the way that it was 30 or 40 years ago, the poverty line would be much, much higher and millions more Americans would be considered to be living in poverty.
theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/poverty-in-america-a-special-report
Back in the year 2000, 11.3% of all Americans were living in poverty. Today, 15.1% of all Americans are living in poverty. The last time the poverty level was this high was back in 1993.
However, it is important to keep in mind that the government definition of poverty rises based on the rate of inflation. If inflation was still calculated the way that it was 30 or 40 years ago, the poverty line would be much, much higher and millions more Americans would be considered to be living in poverty.
theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/poverty-in-america-a-special-report
When we address poverty in the United States, that the Tea Party advocated dramatically reducing assistance to mitigate, 2.7-times as many black Americans (35%) are in "official poverty" when compared to whites (13%) so cutting aid to mitigate the effects of poverty is directly tied to "race" as African-American families are disproportionally affected by the budgetary cuts.
kff.org/other/state-indicator/poverty-rate-by-raceethnicity/
Additionally African-Americans that were already subjected to much higher levels of poverty because of economic discrimination in America suffered far more because the 2008 recession than did white Americans. From a 2010 analysis:
White employment is 4.4 percent below its pre-recession level, whereas black employment is 7.5 percent below its pre-recession level. Because black employment has tended to grow faster than white employment, the gap widens after foregone employment is included: The total effect of the recession on black employment is about 50 percent higher than the total effect on white employment (-11.3 percent versus -7.4 percent).
www.stlouisfed.org/publications/br/articles/?id=1858
www.stlouisfed.org/publications/br/articles/?id=1858
We could go on and on but there is a simple fact here that must be recognized. Since 2008 the need for assistance to mitigate the effects of poverty has increased substantially and African-Americans that are subjected to racial discrimination are overwhelmingly affected adversely when it comes to slashing these welfare benefits. Slashing them at all, when the need has increased dramatically, can't be rationalized and the fact that blacks are the one that will suffer the most from these Tea Party proposals establishes an "anti-black racial" connection related to the proposals.
We haven't even touched the proposal by the Tea Party to end "Obamacare" and cut Medicaid funding when 50% of all Americans that require medical services but can't afford them are African-Americans.
In virtually every Tea Party Movement budget proposal those that are disproportionally negatively affected are almost always African-Americans. To place this in a simple "cause and effect" relationship we can summarize it as follows.
CAUSE = Tea Party Proposed Budget Cuts
EFFECT = Disproportionate negative impact on African-Americans
