You stay classy, Ann
Coulter — in her recent column, the conservative pundit claims Latinos are
the source of American society’s ills, because they are the “poorest of the
poor” and they “eat up” government assistance.
Coulter, who isn’t known for supporting
anything that doesn’t involve the WASP agenda, went on an acerbic rant against Hispanics, claiming that “Mexico’s underclass” having lots of children
out of wedlock means a lot of “government dependents” down the line. In
addition, she said that “Hispanics are less likely to be married, less likely
to go to church, more supportive of gay marriage and less likely to call
themselves “conservative” than other Americans. Rather than being more
hardworking than Americans, Hispanics actually work about the same as others,
or, in the case of Hispanic women, less.”
What’s most interesting about Coulter’s claim
is that it’s not only entirely false, it’s almost completely rooted in
not-so-latent racism.
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Hispanics make up 16% of the population, but only receive 12%
of government assistance benefits. The racial class most likely to receive
public assistance? White Americans…who are 64% of the population, but receive
69% of the government assistance benefits.
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[There is] a
generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to
devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
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For he shall deliver
the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.
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The instruments also
of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with
lying words, even when the needy speaketh right
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