Article

2006-07-28 International-UN-NGOs

UN: US must ensure rights for poor and blacks

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by phil_b 2006-07-28 06:34|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh this is rich coming from the UN, hey assholes ever hear of Sudan or better yet Rwanda(hope spelling it right).

Posted by djohn66 2006-07-28 07:05|| 2006-07-28 07:05|| Front Page Top

#2 In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it should increase its efforts to ensure that the rights of poor people, and in particular African-Americans, are fully taken into consideration in the reconstruction plans with regard to access to housing, education and health care, ~~40 acres, mule.~~

UN please send in troops! It's totally out of control here in New Orleans, whahahahaha.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-07-28 07:34|| 2006-07-28 07:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Meanwhile the UN is mum on Dafur. I guess murder, and kiddie rape is ok - as long as muslims (or UN Peacekeepers) are doing it right?

particular African-Americans

Profiling!

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-07-28 08:26|| 2006-07-28 08:26|| Front Page Top

#4 The Specter of Poverty in America
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
By Robert Rector

Last month, the Census Bureau released annual poverty figures showing that the percentage of Americans who are poor rose from 12.1 percent in 2002 to 12.5 percent in 2003.
It's important to recognize that these figures are a year old. They cover 2003, not the current year. Given current economic conditions, it is extremely likely that poverty fell during 2004, although the official figures won't be available until the fall of next year.
Poverty is a lagging economic indicator. Formal recessions (when the whole economy is shrinking) usually last less than a year. But the poverty rate almost always continues to rise for several years after the recession ends. The last recession officially ended in November 2001, but the poverty rate continued to rise in 2002 and 2003. This is a normal economic pattern that has occurred in most prior recessions.
Compared to prior recessions, the recent recession was mild and had a limited impact on poverty. Overall, the increase in poverty resulting from the recent downturn has been half the increase that occurred in the two last recessions that hit the economy in the early 1980s and early 1990s.
Still, the Census Bureau reports that 35.9 million persons "lived in poverty" in 2003, a number that should cause concern to all. But to really understand poverty in America, it's important to look behind these numbers to the actual living conditions of the individuals the government deems poor.
For most Americans, the word "poverty" suggests destitution: an inability to provide a family with nutritious food, clothing and reasonable shelter. But only a small number of the million persons classified as "poor" by the Census Bureau fit that description. Real material hardship certainly does occur, but it's limited in scope and severity. Most of America's "poor" live in material conditions that would be judged as comfortable or well-off just a few generations ago.
The following are facts about persons defined as "poor" by the Census Bureau, taken from various government reports:
Forty-six percent of all poor households own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage, and porch or patio.
Seventy-six percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, 30 years ago, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.
Only 6 percent of poor households are overcrowded. More than two-thirds have more than two rooms per person.
The average poor American has more living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens and other European cities. (These comparisons are to the average citizens in foreign countries, not to those classified as poor.)
Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car; 30 percent own two or more cars.
Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television. Over half own two or more color televisions.
Seventy-eight percent have a VCR or DVD player; 62 percent have cable or satellite TV reception.
Seventy-three percent own a microwave oven, more than half have a stereo, and a third have an automatic dishwasher.
Overall, the typical American defined as poor by the government has a car, air conditioning, a refrigerator, a stove, a clothes washer and dryer, and a microwave. He has two color televisions, cable or satellite TV reception, a VCR or DVD player, and a stereo. He is able to obtain medical care. His home is in good repair and is not overcrowded. By his own report, his family isn't hungry, and he had sufficient funds in the past year to meet his family's essential needs. While this individual's life is not opulent, it is equally far from the popular images of dire poverty conveyed by the press, activists and politicians.
Even better news is that remaining poverty can readily be reduced, especially among children. Child poverty in the U.S. is caused largely by low levels of parental work and by the absence of fathers from the home. While work and two-parent families are the surest ladders out of poverty, the welfare system continues to reward idleness while failing to provide support to keep families in tact.
To further reduce poverty, welfare should be overhauled: All able-bodied welfare recipients should be required to work or prepare for work in exchange for the aid they receive. Also, new parents in low-income communities who express interest in marriage (and research tells us there are many) should be equipped with the skills they need to create a healthy marriage, rather than be penalized when they do get married.

Robert Rector is a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

Posted by Hupaigum Pholuse1530 2006-07-28 09:05|| 2006-07-28 09:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Yet another reason for the U~~seless~~ N~~itwits~~ to FOAD.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-07-28 09:09|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2006-07-28 09:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Another reason to drive the UN from our shores. Fuck them.

Posted by DarthVader 2006-07-28 09:53|| 2006-07-28 09:53|| Front Page Top

#7 My hatred for the UN has almost exceeded my hatred for the Muzzie terrorists. I'll give it a few days.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-07-28 11:01|| 2006-07-28 11:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Our rights are equal opportunity, and no preferential treatment for the poor, rich, black, green, or purple should be shown. It's what you do with what you've been given. Our tights are only guaranteed by the Constitution and not the UN, but Kofi is "disadvantaged" in the brains department. Good stats.

Posted by Danielle 2006-07-28 11:05|| 2006-07-28 11:05|| Front Page Top

#9 lol, Danielle. Don't know if it was a Freudian slip, but the thought of Kofi and "tights" gives me the heebie-jeebies.

That's it...we Rantburgers need to demand our Constitutional Rights(TM) to tights, lol!

Posted by BA 2006-07-28 11:10|| 2006-07-28 11:10|| Front Page Top

#10 What the fock does the UN know about rights anyway?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2006-07-28 11:38|| 2006-07-28 11:38|| Front Page Top

#11 The UN will get right on it as soon as the Oil for Food Scandle is fully investigated and charges brought. Make me laugh. UNready, UNwilling, and UNable.

Posted by wxjames 2006-07-28 12:04|| 2006-07-28 12:04|| Front Page Top

#12 I see a homeless shelter opening in turtle bay. Ever watched the movie "Persuit of Happyness"?

Posted by newc">newc 2006-07-28 15:37|| 2006-07-28 15:37|| Front Page Top

#13 Ah, yes. The UN Human Rights Committee. One of the "reforms", right?
Looks like it's working out just great. The credibility just washes over you like a tidal wave...

Posted by tu3031 2006-07-28 16:41|| 2006-07-28 16:41|| Front Page Top

#14 MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

(2006)

1. Argentina 2008
2. Armenia 2007
3. Australia 2008
4. Austria 2008
5. Azerbaijan 2008
6. Bangladesh 2008
7. Bhutan 2006
8. Botswana 2008
9. Brazil 2008
10. Cameroon 2008
11. Canada 2007
12. China 2008
13. Congo 2006
14. Costa Rica 2006
15. Cuba 2006
16. Dominican Republic 2006
17. Ecuador 2007
18. Egypt 2006
19. Eritrea 2006
20. Ethiopia 2006
21. Finland 2007
22. France 2007
23. Germany 2008
24. Guatemala 2006
25. Guinea 2007
26. Honduras 2006
27. Hungary 2006
28. India 2006
29. Indonesia 2006
30. Italy 2006
31. Japan 2008
32. Kenya 2007
33. Malaysia 2007
34. Mauritania 2006
35. Mexico 2007
36. Morocco 2008
37. Nepal 2006
38. Netherlands 2006
39. Nigeria 2006
40. Pakistan 2007
41. Peru 2006
42. Qatar 2006
43. Republic of Korea 2007
44. Romania 2007
45. Russian Federation 2006
46. Saudi Arabia 2006
47. South Africa 2006
48. Sudan 2007
49. Togo 2007
50. United Kingdom 2006
51. United States of America 2008
52. Venezuela 2008
53. Zimbabwe 2008

Posted by Parabellum 2006-07-28 18:53|| 2006-07-28 18:53|| Front Page Top

03:17 genetic eradication
03:15 genetic eradication
03:12 genetic eradication
00:11 C-Low
23:46 tu3031
23:46 PBMcL
23:46 Griper Whegum8464
23:37 Griper Whegum8464
23:36 Ulinesh Unoling4868
23:31 Barbara Skolaut
23:31 leroidavid
23:29 Sherry
23:21 Pappy
23:18 CrazyFool
23:16 Pappy
23:12 DMFD
23:11 11A5S
23:11 DMFD
23:09 Griper Whegum8464
23:06 Manolo
23:02 Griper Whegum8464
22:54 Griper Whegum8464
22:51 KBK
22:32 leroidavid