Mayor Under Fire For Suggesting Link Between Lack Of Faith In God And Poverty
- 7 years ago
According to the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, a city where about 15% of its residents live below the poverty line, generational poverty exists in part because people are not in touch “with their Creator.”
There are a number of studies devoted to poverty and, specifically, why it often affects families generation after generation and seems to persist in the same areas.
According to the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, a city where about 15% of its residents live below the poverty line, the problem exists in part because people are not in touch “with their Creator."
Mayor Ivy Taylor gave that assessment during an early April forum for mayoral hopefuls, notes the San Antonio Current.
The question presented to Taylor was, “What do you see as the deepest, systemic causes of generational poverty in San Antonio?"
Taylor replied, “I'll go ahead and put it out there. To me, it's broken people...people not being in a relationship with their Creator, and therefore not being in a good relationship with their families and their communities...and not being productive members of society. I think that's the ultimate answer."
The backlash has been significant.
The Washington Post notes that Taylor has since made attempts to walk that comment back, but has also questioned why video of her response is, weeks later, becoming popular.
According to the media outlet, she has expressed suspicion that the rapidly approaching May 5 mayoral election may have something to do with it.
There are a number of studies devoted to poverty and, specifically, why it often affects families generation after generation and seems to persist in the same areas.
According to the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, a city where about 15% of its residents live below the poverty line, the problem exists in part because people are not in touch “with their Creator."
Mayor Ivy Taylor gave that assessment during an early April forum for mayoral hopefuls, notes the San Antonio Current.
The question presented to Taylor was, “What do you see as the deepest, systemic causes of generational poverty in San Antonio?"
Taylor replied, “I'll go ahead and put it out there. To me, it's broken people...people not being in a relationship with their Creator, and therefore not being in a good relationship with their families and their communities...and not being productive members of society. I think that's the ultimate answer."
The backlash has been significant.
The Washington Post notes that Taylor has since made attempts to walk that comment back, but has also questioned why video of her response is, weeks later, becoming popular.
According to the media outlet, she has expressed suspicion that the rapidly approaching May 5 mayoral election may have something to do with it.