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Minorities Are More Generous Than Whites, Study Finds

vampirefinch:

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baddominicana:

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baddominicana:

darling80m:

This isn’t news, and especially not to those from communities of color, but it’s good to share:

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) released a new report, “Cultures of Giving: Energizing and Expanding Philanthropy by and for Communities of Color”.

… Recent trends show that communities of color are giving at increasing rates and levels. For instance, 63 percent of Latino households now make charitable donations, and blacks give away 25 percent more of their income per year than whites.

Say the word ‘philanthropist,’ and most people envision wealthy white do-gooders writing large checks in the millions. In recent years, the definition of philanthropy has begun to broaden to include a larger swath of human generosity, with any-size contributions not just from the wealthy but from people of every income bracket, including nurses, plumbers, hairdressers and civil servants, and growing giving among the black, Latino, American Indian, Arab American and Asian American communities.

LOL this just in: the sky is blue.

Fact: The only time we hear about this mythological White Hospitality culture (because I think having a hospitality culture is central to having a philanthropic culture) is literally in romanticized mythologies. Or (and this is even worse) in cases of nobility/aristocracy taking pity on poor travelers.

Compare that to almost every single non-white community that has living traditions of hospitality.

That is a big deal, to me. The idea that every person deserves a helping hand is foundational to philanthropy that is not centered on pity. Philanthropy where one can envision the recipient as their equal is the first step to actually helping someone, not just putting them in your debt.

yup. ties into my post about how dominicans always have a plate of food for you even if theyre poor too, so alot less go hungry than would in the u.s.

we see NOT giving as just deplorable. its expected that you’ll share even if you dont have much because we’re supposed to care about each other on a basic level. thats also why we still know wtf COMMUNITY really is.

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This is what I’m saying. I like how (white) folks are so surprised when I talk about the poor Latino churches my dad pastors and how everyone pitches in to run food bank programs, even when they’re struggling themselves. How like once a month someone will show up with their kids during service to ask for a little assistance, and all the old ladies scramble to get some groceries together and a plate of food for each person, sometimes opening their own homes to strangers. Let’s talk about how my boss was surprised when my poor ass talked about donating to literacy programs a few times a year, like it was a big deal that I (a writer and a woman of color) care about little brown children getting books.

Meanwhile, my in-laws church in the distant white suburbs of Cleveland have so many damn people they got TWO services with collection plates passed at each one, but no programs to help the community. No, it’s all about walkie-talkies for the baby rooms and building a huge new church I don’t think they need, and trying to convert bikers, and sending the men (never the women) to “third world” countries to get their White Savior on. And everyone gets to pat themselves on the back because their pastor has enough money to make some radio commercials on the soft rock station, but my dad has to juggle pennies to get bread and potatoes for the Youngstown food bank.

Yeah, this is a sensitive subject for me.

I can actually say that one of the major differences I’ve found between being around a majority of white people and a majority of black people (beyond the absence of racism LOL aren’t I funny?) is that the dynamics of the relationships are different. If you have something, you’re gonna share it with the whole room. You buy food you ask everybody what they want.

It’s really anti-stingy. And it’s cool because everybody is like that so nobody is taken advantage of.

That’s something I had to actually learn, since I had never experienced that in high school and prior to where everybody was pretty much for themselves.