Summary of White Poverty by William J. Barber II ( Keynote reads )

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White Poverty is a groundbreaking book that challenges the persistent myth that Black skin is associated with poverty. Despite having forty million more poor white people than Black people, most Americans still view poverty as solely a Black problem. Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II, a leading advocate for the rights of the poor, addresses this issue in his groundbreaking work. The book challenges the definition of who is poor in America and highlights the pain of poor white families who have been offered little more than their "whiteness" in an economy where housing, healthcare, and education costs have skyrocketed and wages have stagnated. The book argues that tens of millions of America's poorest earners share much in common, providing a visionary approach to American poverty.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Keynote reads
• Release date: Jun 14, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224530298

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PREFACE

White Poverty is a book written by the author to challenge the racist images of Black mothers on welfare and the poverty of tens of millions of white people in America. The author argues that these images are not only demeaning to Black people but also obscure the poverty of tens of millions of white people. To confront the reality of white poverty in America, it is essential to shed many of the myths that have dominated our past.

The author's father objected to the designation of Negro on his birth certificate, as if to suggest that he was just a compartmentalized human being. He knew that America is not a binary nation, efficiently divided into Black and white. However, the author believes that the nation has forgotten who it is and that the lies of old myths that have been used to divide Americans throughout history are now amplified.

Nearly half of Americans, people of every race, creed, and region, are united by the experience of being poor. They share the hardship but do not share a name because our formal definition of poverty leaves tens of millions of Americans in the shadows. The author argues that we must redefine poverty to capture the crisis people are facing. The numbers and language we currently use to name poverty in America are a lie, and one of the most damnable features of our common life is the way we talk about poverty as an anomaly rather than a feature of our economic system.

Poverty in America is a widespread issue that affects millions of Americans, not just Black and brown people, but also white people. This inequality is hidden in plain sight, as white people are by far the largest racial demographic among America's poor. Poverty is not an isolated experience, but it is a common issue in almost every community.

The myths that blame poor people for their poverty and call white people trash when they experience the same begin to unravel when we face the reality that there are more than twice as many poor white people as poor Black people in the nation. Racism persists, making rates of poverty higher in communities of color. However, the same lie that blames Black people for their poverty also prevents us from seeing the pain of poor families who have been offered little more than whiteness and angry tweets to sustain them in an economy where the cost of housing, healthcare, education, and transportation has skyrocketed while wages have stagnated for almost all Americans.

Poverty in America has the potential to unite millions of white people and millions of neighbors who face the same challenges. The shared experience of poverty has the potential to unite a movement for