Discriminated people are deprived of the motivation necessary to guarantee a better life for themselves and their family. Blacks are likely to be more distressed than Whites at low income levels because their caste-like inferiority status impedes aspirations and results in greater exposure to ongoing chronic stressors (McLoyd, 1990). The psychological consequences of discrimination will have lasting effects. According to McLoyd (1990), “The hypothesis that poverty is caused by psychological factors is supported by numerous ethnographic studies” (p. 313). Black children often grow up in poor, isolated urban neighborhoods, which is rarely the case for poor white children (McLoyd, 1990). Even if the person removes themselves from their destructive environment, they will still face the consequences of being treated differently because of who they are. According to McLoyd (1990), “chronic poverty indirectly influences a child's socioemotional development” (p. 314). They are forcibly rejected and forgotten, and for some, poverty is the only end goal. Poverty can deprive a person of a sense of identity, purpose, and social contacts (McLoyd, 1990). It's a reality that is a hard pill to swallow, because it is often done without conscious thought, is unconscious and inconspicuous. The link between poverty and discrimination is