“It was never, ever my intention to rely on public assistance in any way,” said Clark, who is black and unmarried with no children.
Clark was recently entertaining a guest in the Bronx apartment she shares with her uncle when the dinner conversation turned to food stamps. The guest emphatically stated that his tax dollars should not feed people who prefer welfare over work.
She asked the guest if he had enjoyed the pasta with homemade pesto sauce. He had. “Do you find me a lazy person?” Clark asked. Not at all, the guest replied.
“Well,” Clark said, “you just ate a dinner that was purchased with food stamps.”
