Word: underclasses
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Worse, perhaps, because of what hasn't changed in 25 years. The class of'67 watched Watts burn the summer after its sophomore year, only to watch South Central burn just a month before its return to Cambridge this week. The Black underclass--like all people living in poverty in America--is now poorer, less educated and more likely to commit crime than 25 years...
Issues of family, morals and values are important -- and may ultimately be central to solving problems, especially those of the black underclass. But if they are to be discussed merely on the level of Murphy Brown, it is going to be a long and loathsome campaign...
...later, he was editor of the Tribune itself. He ruffled feathers in that newsroom by detaching reporters from their regular beats -- one sportswriter was assigned to cover national politics -- but earned the admiration of some of his troops by backing special projects like a long series on Chicago's underclass. The newspaper won seven Pulitzers during his tenure. After leaving the Tribune in 1989, the editor-horse breeder moved to his Kentucky farm. Since then he has taught journalism, written a book on the press, finished one novel and started another. It was Luce, whom he met during a fellowship...
...drop out after receiving little in exchange for their votes. One reason is that it is relatively easy to satisfy the demands of businessmen, including blacks, who can return the favor with campaign contributions. It is far more difficult to devise remedies for the problems of members of the underclass, who lack the savvy and organization to make their voices heard. Says Atlanta Congressman John Lewis: "A segment of black leadership has gotten so wrapped up in dealmaking that they've forgotten the people who elected them...
Under liberal direction, the U.S. government has created, in the name of equality, newer, more dangerous ghettos and an underclass dependent upon government funds. Conservatives say it's time to think about changing our welfare system, because it doesn't work...