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title: "3 Concentrated Poverty Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“It was once said that the poor are 'constantly exposed to evidence of their own irrelevance.' Especially for poor African-American families -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/it-was-once-said-that-the-poor-are-constantly-exposed-to-evidence-of/)

[Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/)

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> [Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/blacks-are-about-seven-times-more-likely-to-live-in-neighborhoods-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The South Bronx has long been ground zero for racially concentrated poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-torres/the-south-bronx-has-long-been-ground-zero-for-racially-concentrated/)

[Ritchie Torres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-torres/)

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