Our church just assembled back packs and school supplies for the “poor and needy” children in our area and handed them out this last Saturday. Without exception every mother who came in was Black, had several children, was texting or talking on an iPhone or similar device, drove a car several years newer than mine and none appeared to be dressed in anything resembling shabby. Several of the kids complained because the back packs weren’t a certain type and one of the mothers was overheard to tell her child to hush - they would get her the one she wanted later.
Our family has decided to help just our neighbors in the future as a couple of the husbands/fathers have recently lost their jobs.
How sad is that. There was once a time when there was shame in being on the dole, a stigma attached, and not by the rest of society, but a self-imposed shame.
Those days are long gone.