You likely have an opinion about the poor.
You may have even served the poor.
Do you have an understanding of the poor, though?
“When you are broke, you can’t plan ahead or shop sales or buy in bulk. Poor people wait to buy something until they absolutely need it, so they have to pay whatever the going price is at that moment. If ten-packs of paper towels are on sale for half price, that’s great, but you can only afford one roll anyway. In this way, poor people actually pay more than others for common staple goods.”
That quote was spotlighted in a Washington Post article that compiles a Reddit thread discussing this very topic.
It’s worth a read, even if it’s for insights on things in youth culture you’ve never fully understood:
“I just learned this from a teenage burglar a couple years ago. Baseball caps with a completely straight brim and the sticker still on it were made popular because inner city kids wanted to prove they could afford brand new name brand things. It’s kind of sad that’s how some trends start.”
So…
what is something you wish you or others understood more about poverty?
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