story never find mainstream media seldom get talk often irreverent humor contempt poverty rural america particularly rural white america appalachia ozarks mississippi delta dakotas rio grande valley cotton belt.if spend time among coastal liberals unusual hear denigrate remark make poor middle americans slip mouth otherwise forthcoming injustices poverty inequality.yet since 1950s americans live non-metropolitan counties high rate poverty live metropolitan areas accord 2013 american community survey poverty rate among rural-dwelling americans three percent high among urban-dwellers south poor region country rural-urban discrepancy great around eight percent high non-metro areas metro areas.watch levi holstein 22 explain obama shut coal industry do community holstein youth spend hunt deer turkey bear fish catfish father rid four wheelers hill boone county mountains grow love level pursuit coal debris scrap hollow childhood home destroy old haunt would first tell hate strip mine hate like one bite holstein say time give man job unfortunately years president commit shut coal industry rural america primarily low income white families live.for holstein many others throughout region change landscape negative environmental impact weigh paychecks support families however past years career miners see job vanish move part state.once formidable industry west virginia coal progressively lose economic dominance throughout central appalachia production slow due tighten pollution control great availability cheap natural gas grow competition coal basins.from 2007 2012 west virginia annual coal production drop 31.7 million tons annually fall 20 percent 165.7 million 129.5 million half decline,17.9 million tons come boone county 2012 long state top producer.so poverty rural america largely unexamined even avoid number explanations.rural urban poverty similar degree occur people access job specifically ones pay live wage i.e enough provide dependents basic necessities like food shelter many causal factor poverty however exacerbate remote areas job labor market small less diverse communities lack human capital city economies often single industry case single employer dominate vast region.the geographic distance rural communities high education institutions well technical vocational school also factor accord u.s. department agriculture economic research service 20 percent non-metro residents complete college degrees compare 30 percent metropolitan areas.similarly come provide social service rural america spatial challenge arise make service accessible visible remote public repertoire service available rural people small lobao say research indicate 50 percent metropolitan counties provide subsidies emergency medical service 30 percent non-metro counties similarly 30 percent metro counties make elder care available 20 percent non-metro counties 25 percent metro counties provide childcare care 16 percent non-metro countries deficits contribute high rate poverty see among rural poor.lisa pruitt law professor university california davis study intersection law rural livelihoods also run site call legal ruralism blog write problem rural american poverty pruitt grow working-class rural newton county ozarks northwest arkansas tell rural america time one important misconception rural poverty exclusively white problem majority rural americans struggle poverty white pruitt say racial makeup rural poor far diverse image americans realize tend associate rural poverty whiten pruitt say think rural poverty associations rural poverty white populations fact true extent actually far monochromatic demographics poverty rural urban america quite similar though white make majority metropolitan non-metropolitan populations unite state result high number white live poverty poverty rat throughout rural america much high among rural minority population accord 2013 american community survey 40 percent black live non-metro counties fall poverty line compare 15 percent white poverty rat among non-metro hispanics american indians also considerably high among whites.this popular association rural american poverty whiten key understand media liberal america whole talk rural american poverty black poverty unite state attribute legacies slavery jim crow house discrimination incarceration form institutionalize racism national narrative explain white poverty result implicit belief white benefit advantage come white good reason poor word white live poverty fault even choice.since 1960s current u.s. economic system constant feature 15 percent population live poverty line good bad say pruitt talk poverty focus black poverty focus hispanic poverty collapse nation poverty problem nation racism problem lead us turn blind eye rural poverty one pruitt overarch arguments political polarization liberal mainstream rural poor self-perpetuating worsen time rural poor exclude pipeline power disconnect people power country rural poor negative feedback loop say pruitt decide go admit harvard see grow socio-economically disadvantage rural america knee-jerk reaction want people among us racist uncouth unsavory though leave corner subject poverty myriad dimension fact rural americans tend espouse conservative position social issue like abortion gay right make liberal media democratic candidates sympathetic rural american poverty 2008 presidential election indicator poor rural americans especially white feel increasingly odds liberal politics liberal candidates think assumption rural white voters racist illiberal intolerant say pruitt sort incentives distance democratic presidential candidates distance rural white think rural white voters pretty alienate politics generally democratic party particular yet leave work class rural americans many reason forge strong relationship specifically challenge authority corporate america grow bargain power workers lobao clearly frustrate say rural sociologists spend lot time think leave could appeal rural americans often find mire platitudes one thing could stress term social value value build community say like community want build well try emphasize build community know people identify community whether republican democrat via time eye-opening liberals talk white poverty-stricken rural americans