Ten points to the black man or woman, who can tell me what they would have done in this situation.
This story is from Homeless and Pregnant on the TLC channel.
A white couple, who already has a one yr old child, and one one the way, live in a tent, on a mountain in the woods, for lack of a better place. They panhandle on the highway for food. The young white husband, spent 4 yrs in prison for stealing a car, and now that he is out, no one wants to hire a felon, so at this time he is not working. She can go home if she wants but her parents can’t stand her husband, and wouldn’t let him stay there with her. They can’t stay at his parents, because though they do help from time to time, with a few bucks, they want them to make it on their own. The young white wife says she cannot get government housing because her husband is a felon, and they are both petrified that because they are homeless, the state will come in, and take their second child. They also are an hour and a half, to two hours from the nearest hospital. I am asking this because to me this situation is solvable on so many levels, and why they are taking themselves through this, is beyond me. But I know that black people have the best skills for survival.
What would you have done in this situation?
This is so silly. I don’t care what white people say one this subject. Black people do have the best skills for survival, because they have had to. All I want to know is what a black person would do in this same situation, and people want to turn this into a race war. That is your problem. TEN points to the person who can Best tell me what they would have done differently. That is it. What is so hard, or racist about it? If you don’t want to answer simply move on.
As a female, I would leave my husband (whether I love him or not is not important), go live with my parents who can help support my two kids with me, and get a job. Eventually I’ll be able to support my family and get back on my own two feet. If I’m still in love with him then, then he can come live with me. If not, there’s no point in having a felon in my home. The only thing that can help him is time. He’s going to have to stay a bum, and work for small companies where he can gain their trust personally. I’m sure although he cannot live with his wife, if she lives at home, they can meet on occasion if need be anyway. This may be hard, but only way to regain confidence, money and trust in this world.
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Did you really just say “black people have the best skills for survival”?
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I would go home to my parents who are willing to take me and my children in, for the sake of the kids. If being apart from the “husband” is being a problem have him pitch his tent in a nearby area and you can go visit as much as you please. Go to school or get a job while living with the parents (easier to get a job with an address rather than “tent A located on side of hillside B lol) to support yourself and get your own place. The hubby can move back in and everything would be taken care of. If they arent willing to rough it by being apart for awhile to give a better life to their kids then they need to have them taken away. There are also programs for felons that place them in jobs. I know what its like to be at the bottom (Ive picked up pop cans to scrap for cash to get food for my family anyone who isnt out there doing that and is still complaining I have no sympathy)… you have to be willing to get off your begging knees to climb the mountain lol. 22 y/o wife/ mother of a 3 y/o
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