Trick Or Treaters, Kids From Poor Neighborhoods Infuriate Rich Lady

Dear Prudence columnist Emily Yoffe has advice for one bitter rich lady who resents trick or treaters from poor neighborhoods coming to her rich neighborhood to get candy, according to E! News. The letter to Prudence, aka Prudie, created a backlash from enraged people of all cultures who thought the letter was despicable.

Here is the “Dear Prudence Poor Trick or Treaters Letter” as printed on Slate.

“I live in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country, but on one of the more “modest” streets—mostly doctors and lawyers and family business owners. (A few blocks away are billionaires, families with famous last names, media moguls, etc.) I have noticed that on Halloween, what seems like 75 percent of the trick-or-treaters are clearly not from this neighborhood. Kids arrive in overflowing cars from less fortunate areas. I feel this is inappropriate. Halloween isn’t a social service or a charity in which I have to buy candy for less fortunate children. Obviously this makes me feel like a terrible person, because what’s the big deal about making less fortunate kids happy on a holiday? But it just bugs me, because we already pay more than enough taxes toward actual social services. Should Halloween be a neighborhood activity, or is it legitimately a free-for-all in which people hunt down the best candy grounds for their kids?”

The letter, which sent shock waves through the community, definitely struck a nerve with most readers to see that some people really feel this way about children, especially on Halloween. Read what some salty commenters have to say.

“I wonder what ” makes it clear ” that some of the children are not from her neighborhood.”

“code words for minority kids. I love how she quantified her status by saying that “only” doctors, lawyers and small business owners lived on her street. This country is so mean spirited it makes me want to cry.”

“Lies. Rich people have gates and you can’t get in. Big gates and long drive ways. She’s lying. She’s middle class faking the funk.”

Some readers are accusing the letter of being fake, and that the letter “smacks of political agenda.” Others say the letter rings true, and that they have seen this sort of attitude in their own neighborhoods. They have also heard friends who feel the same way as the Dear Prudence letter writer.

“I have seen the same kind of people where I live, that is how I know it is real.”

“I’ve known people in my life who I could totally see writing this. I actually pictured someone specific writing this when I was reading. Ugly people like this do exist.”

“Do you ever notice when something like this comes out about the right, they always deny that it is true?”

Poor kids trick or treating in other neighborhoods on Halloween has little to do with the fact that their parents lack enough money to buy candy, as the Dear Prudence letter writer believes. Many parents take their kids to other neighborhoods because they are safer, more beautiful, and more festive, as the Chicago-Tribune states. Some neighborhoods make good places to trick or treat because of the well-lit doorways and sidewalks. Other neighborhoods put on lavish displays of Halloween figures and lights in the yards to entertain the children. Not only that, but the kids and teenagers load up on a huge selection of delicious candies and treats from each neighborhood to have more candy to last them for days. It’s like a candy carnival for them, a truly happy time.

Slate’s Prudence came under fire in 2013 for her piece on drunk women causing their own rape, according to a previous Inquisitr article. As for the hateful “trick or treaters from poor neighborhoods letter,” the advice columnist quickly told the hateful neighbor to stop being whiny and callous, and to go out to buy some extra bags of candy from Costco. Too bad they don’t sell some bags of compassion, kindness, and niceness to go along with those bags of candy.

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