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    school building‚ and this is the county we did most of our work in. McDowell County is the poorest county in West Virginia and one of the poorest in the county‚ with a rate of at least 35% of the population in poverty. The long lasting poverty is why we went there on our trip. We spent the first part of the week painting in a school to cover the stains on the walls but the second half of the week was spent talking and spreading our belief’s with the people of the community. This is the first time I

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    As one of the largest grassroots movements in the countryBlack Lives Matter is a reaction to the dehumanization of Black people‚ a call to action against societal and institutional racism‚ as well as a rebuild of the narrow‚ conventional liberation movements that too often marginalized women‚ queer‚ trans‚ disabled and undocumented immigrants from within the movement. As such‚ it does not limit its scope to the alarmingly high poverty‚ incarceration and extrajudicial killing rates‚ but it includes

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    Helping poor people is ethical behavior and everyone should do it in order to continue our lives. Every year‚ there are millions of people at risk of going hungry. There are ways people can end poverty all around the world. People can eliminate poverty if we work together to fight it and avoid selfishness. Rich countries often give financial aid to poor countries‚ but it does not solve poverty. People always say they feel sorry for poor people and the rich love them‚ but they never do their part

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    generational poverty? Generational poverty is a‚ "set of factors or events by which poverty‚ once started‚ is likely to continue unless there is outside intervention"(Hutchison Encyclopaedia). Many countries have large numbers of poverty stricken families and individuals with no assistance to alleviate educational‚financial‚and emotional/spiritual impoverishment. There is also a significant presence of poverty in well structured countries like the U.S. and Europe. Generational poverty affects an extremely

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    Title: Poverty and Health In Developing Countries Introduction Poverty tends to be the main issue for United Human Development and Wold Human Organisation. Poverty usually reflects to the poor society in a country. Who are the poor? Obviously‚ rural dwellers where rural Asia and Africa have 60% to 80%‚ women constitute 70% of world poor‚ elderly‚ children and ethnic minorities. The degrees or magnitude of absolute poverty in developing countries‚ understand the meaning of absolute poverty by the

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    Poverty is an increasing problem in our world today. A report by the National Welfare found that 17.2 percent of Canadians live below the poverty line in 1998. It is however‚ measured differently in developing and developed countries. People who struggle financially in countries like Canada or even the United States‚ when compared to people living in third world countries are considered above the poverty line. Income at developing countries falls at less than one dollar per person a day‚ which led

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    with this horrific police brutality without lashing out. “How do I live free in this black body” (Coats 23)? Will we ever live free of police brutality? The answers to these questions are attained through understanding Coats quote “…[T]his is your countrythis is your world…this is your body‚ and you must find some way to live within all of it. I tell you now that the question of how one should live within a black body‚ within a country lost in the Dream‚ is the question of my life…” This quote

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    a group of people that is untrue or only partly true. When someone stereotypes against a group of people they tend to not understand that group or do not want to understand them. Black people‚ to me‚ are the most stereotyped race. They are stereotyped as being lazy‚ loud‚ they steal‚ love chicken and watermelon‚ the women get pregnant and the men are well-endowed. As humans we tend to allow negative stereotyping to determine our thoughts‚ feelings‚ and our lives in general. People start to believe

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    Michael Mcanear LIT 100 4/17/2015 The Ridiculous Harrison Bergeron The short story “Harrison Bergeron‚” by Kurt Vonnegut‚ is a story about a dystopian‚ futuristic society in which every citizen is made “equal” to everyone else. In the story‚ the author seems to be telling a tale of the horrors of socialism and putting everyone on the same level‚ but the author is giving a humorous portrayal of socialist society to show that fears of socialism are ridiculous. In order to examine the themes in “Harrison

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    entire childhood because of poverty. Their families are too poor to let their children enjoy their childhood. The children have to make money so their family and they themselves can survive. While you have read these last 3 sentences‚ 6 children have died and with them‚ 30.000 today… If you look at children in poverty you have to look at those in developed and at those in developing countries. There are 2 billion Children on the planet of But‚ what is poverty? Poverty is hunger. It is lack of shelter

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