27th May 2003, 2:58 PM
In canada most of the poor are white and Native.
Our black comunities are usally more educated and have better oportunities then they do in the U.S .We ended segregation alot earlier then the states so the black citizens and other minorities had more time to get out of the rot and back into the sunshine with everyone else.
Their used to be a slum in halifax in the 60's which was prone to crime and violence. As most of its black citizens lived in a disadvantaged poor state.
What the goverment did was relocate them and give them all jobs either in the goverment or the military and some also were given a second chance at education. The slums were bull dozed and rebuilt into a new cleaner neighborhood.
Right now the minorities dont have a higher poverty rate then the european majority.
The natives poverty is only a result of poor goverment support or really the a failure of the Aborginals themselves to fend for themselves. As seen the gas smoking inuit kids in labrador, But even though the inuit comunity sufferd from poor leadership a few caring council leaders spoke out and got enough media attention to clean up their villages from neglected kids wasting their lives sniffing toxic fumes.
So really if you want help you got to help yourself first.
Our black comunities are usally more educated and have better oportunities then they do in the U.S .We ended segregation alot earlier then the states so the black citizens and other minorities had more time to get out of the rot and back into the sunshine with everyone else.
Their used to be a slum in halifax in the 60's which was prone to crime and violence. As most of its black citizens lived in a disadvantaged poor state.
What the goverment did was relocate them and give them all jobs either in the goverment or the military and some also were given a second chance at education. The slums were bull dozed and rebuilt into a new cleaner neighborhood.
Right now the minorities dont have a higher poverty rate then the european majority.
The natives poverty is only a result of poor goverment support or really the a failure of the Aborginals themselves to fend for themselves. As seen the gas smoking inuit kids in labrador, But even though the inuit comunity sufferd from poor leadership a few caring council leaders spoke out and got enough media attention to clean up their villages from neglected kids wasting their lives sniffing toxic fumes.
So really if you want help you got to help yourself first.