# Oh NO,I'VE GOT THE POVERTY GENE!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-ive-got-the-poverty-gene/258678 "2004-08-06T21:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-ive-got-the-poverty-gene/258678/1 "2004-08-06T21:13:44Z")
But it’s okay,I’m white. See, there’s this guy named [Hart](http://www.newsnet5.com/politics/3625142/detail.html)who actually believes there IS a poverty gene. He’s running for congress in Tennessee and he’s won…well, read the link. I’m sorry for you non-loony Tennesseeans (ites?) You must be gnashing not just your teeth,but your whole bodies. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-ive-got-the-poverty-gene/258678/2 "2004-08-06T21:26:34Z")
I’d never heard of eugenics before. So I may be genetically predisposed to the middle-class? Damn. So much for my plans of world domination through the ruthless acquisition of all the money in the western hemisphere. Looks like the best I can hope for is taking over North St Louis County. And really, who wants that? ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-ive-got-the-poverty-gene/258678/3 "2004-08-06T21:41:18Z")
Damn, that link turned out to be the short version, which isn’t half as entertaining. Let’s try[this](http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/8/6/130646.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-ive-got-the-poverty-gene/258678/4 "2004-08-06T21:49:24Z")
You might want to check out this thread that’s been going in the BBQ Pit. > **[Tennessee Republican Campaigns on Eugenics Platform](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269759)** > > Republican James Hart is running for the US House of Representatives in the 8th congressional district of Tennessee on a platform advocating eugenics: http://www.jameshartforcongress.com/ If this is the best the GOP can muster for the largest... ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-ive-got-the-poverty-gene/258678/5 "2004-08-06T21:53:28Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > “When I knock on a door and say white children deserve the same rights as everybody else, the enthusiastic response is truly amazing,” he said. I’d like to hear what rights he thinks white children aren’t getting that minorities are getting. Sadly, that would mean having a conversation with this wingnut. And I liked this bit also: > [@](#): > > If a black person opens the door, he says he simply drops off campaign literature and leaves. Yeah, I’d get the hell out of Dodge too. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-ive-got-the-poverty-gene/258678/6 "2004-08-06T22:04:57Z")
I keep trying to get out of this state, really. At _least_ I live on the other side of the state from him. That’s a minor relief, though. ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-ive-got-the-poverty-gene/258678/7 "2004-08-06T22:08:46Z")
**Baker:** Yeah, you’re right. I guess I didn’t think there would be any controversy,so I didn’t check the PIT. **Crunchy** Thanks for being in my doomed (sob) thread. The echoes in here are deafening. ing,ing…ing