Poverty, a matter of cash, not character

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Historian Rutger Bregman long believed, as many people do, that poverty was the result of a lack of character, and that people deserve to pay for bad choices so they learn to do better.

After more observation, though, he came to a radically different conclusion and now argues for a basic wage to address part of the problem once and for all.

 

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With all this money advice you have, you better be doing very well for yourself.

 

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With all this money advice you have, you better be doing very well for yourself.

Why is it when young Somalis enter the middle class other Somalis assume they are loaded?

 

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#gibsmedat

 

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Even when my family was living in Section 8 housing our relatives in Somalia thought we were rich simply because we're American. I remember how my hooyo would tell me to not pick up the phone if it had a particular area code towards the end of the month because we didn't have cash to share.

thats pretty much a universal somali experience

 

[Nightline Kid]

thats pretty much a universal somali experience

I know, I just wanted to clarify that it's not just middle class Somalis that go through that

 

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I know, I just wanted to clarify that it's not just middle class Somalis that go through that

I still find it weird that I share an experience with someone in cali.

 

[Nightline Kid]

I still find it weird that I share an experience with someone in cali.

It's like you said, it's a universal Somali experience. I think in a way it's kind of great that Somalis worldwide share experiences with one another, even if it's something mundane like ignoring phone calls

 

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It's like you said, it's a universal Somali experience. I think in a way it's kind of great that Somalis worldwide share experiences with one another, even if it's something mundane like ignoring phone calls

This is when that infamous ' Hooyo Mataalo' saying was coined.

Someone picked up the phone without thinking.
The relative back home wanted to speak to Hooyo.
The Hooyo was right there and told the child to lie.
The child whose Somali was like @EedoMenace said 'Hooyo Mataalo'.

 

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Even when my family was living in Section 8 housing our relatives in Somalia thought we were rich simply because we're American. I remember how my hooyo would tell me to not pick up the phone if it had a particular area code towards the end of the month because we didn't have cash to share.

Oh how Hoyo squeezed every dollar.