Pros And Cons Of Welfare Queens

Leading into the year of 1974 that is when women that were African American had used the “welfare queen.” The usage of this was mentioned in the reading, “Welfare queen became a popular term in politics and the media for poor women, particularly African American women, who received government support”(Globalyceum, The Changing American Economy, 1972-present). The advantage of the welfare queen was removed by Bill Clinton because he felt that welfare queen was being misused rather than helping the women financially. (Globalyceum, The Changing American Economy, 1972-present). Even with knowing how hard it was for the women to raise their children in stage of poverty the president still got rid of this act. Textbooks fail to portray this side
of narratives of presidents due to the remarks they would receive. However, this should not be the case if textbook presented the hardship of the women having to obtain government help to support their family it would bring attention to the needs of the women. In terms of leaning towards a social justice approach the removal of the welfare queen was a drawback because it increased the poverty rate once again for single women.