Welfare: The Unsympathetic Form Of Poverty

If everyone is equal, there would be no reason for welfare checks, food stamps, and government homes. Understanding that those things are there as a stepping stool by the government to help those in need, blacks take advantage of these programs. This is when welfare then becomes racially associated with the black race. Seeking welfare support when in some form of poverty, blacks become comfortable. Welfare then becomes an “unsympathetic” form of poverty because blacks cannot seem to become independent after receiving the program; that is why welfare does not seem to get much support because it is a self interest program. (Federico, 2004) Poverty prevents social mobility. Racial differences cause upward mobility and those differences would include