Poverty And Inequality In The Ms. Delta

The Ms Delta has a history that shows poverty and inequality has shaped the communities. That history is one that has been difficult to overcome. Poverty and inequality has impacted both families and youth. The financial strain has been hard on the family structure in the Delta. As you can imagine the financial weight of a family is falling. Most men in the Delta have found that it is easier to abandon their offspring because they don’t have the economy to support them. The lack of education makes it hard to secure a job. Being a single parent myself I can understand the pressure of having to provide for a family and it can cause you to want give up and leave your responsibility behind. Although it’s hard on a mothers, in my opinion the fathers
If a man got a woman pregnant the couple got married and in 1960 in America thirty percent of brides gave birth within eight and a half months of the wedding, according to (June Carbone of the University of Minnesota and Naomi Cahn of George Washington University). In those days the husband’s responsibility was to work and earn money for the family and the wife’s was to raise the children and to take care of the home. According to Ms. Carbone and Ms. Cahn, “more than eighty percent of wives with young children stayed at home in 1960.” Couples ended their relationship for different reasons and I believe being a single mother is much better than living with an abusive spouse. But the lack of financial stability hurts women, children and men which can put a strain on relationships making the environment extremely
Poverty in the Delta is a consequence of many things that don’t seem to be easy to overcome. In conclusion proverty, lack of education and the unwillingness to change can be the result to having a unstable single house hold. Men that try to be the provider are faced with many challenges like racism and unfair treatment, this can make it hard to be able to present in their child’s life. After studying and researching this topic I’ve come to the conclusion that inequality and racism can be the cause of poverty. Raising kids is a two parent job and I think it would be beneficial for the kids and the society to have a male figure in the home. Maintaining a stable and secure family life can provide a better chance for our youth. Single parent homes and poverty harms society by putting a strain in the families themselves as well as costing the