(leah) Summery #2 In chapter three “importing the third world” of “the working poor”‚ David K. Shipler writes about the difficult life of immigrants in America. He states that undocumented immigrants are underpaid‚ exploited‚ and abused in sweatshops. His purpose in writing this chapter is to inform us of the essential contribution that immigrants make‚ the unfair treatment they receive‚ and the confined life they live in America. In supporting his argument‚ Shipler also discusses that prosperity doesn’t
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day to day basis. The saying the rich get’s richer and poor gets poorer has never been so evident in today’s society. Let’s begin by explaining what poor is? According to (Encarta English Dictionary 2006) poor is explained as someone “lacking money‚ material possessions‚ unemployed and insecure”. Poor is also divided into two distinctive groups‚ the deserving and the undeserving poor (Levine & Rizvi‚ 2005‚ p.38). “The deserving poor are poor through no fault of their own but as a result of a disability
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Out of these works‚ I have read Let America Be America Again and Invisible Man. Let America Be America Again was written at the height of the Harlem Renaissance and describes the oppression of African Americans despite America being the land of the “free.” I think this poem is important because it embodies the on-going fight for equality of African Americans. Invisible Man depicts the story of an African American man who lived his life as a model citizen‚ but now lives in an underground hole. The
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What does the “working poor” mean? What are the two important reasons for the emergence of the working poor in the US? What is unique to the American society that makes working people in the US more vulnerable to poverty? What can be done about it? What does working poor mean to you? How can a person work and still be poor? Why am I not stable? Why am I living check to check? These are questions that working class people ask themselves on a day to day basic. The working poor means people who work
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America’s Working Poor Tens of millions of men and women in America struggle because they are stressed out about not making enough money even though they are working as hard as possible. In her book Nickel and Dimed‚ journalist‚ Barbara Ehrenreich writes about her research working as a minimum wage employee attempting to get by in Americas tough economy‚ she describes in depth the struggles that the minimum wage workers suffer through and she witnesses them first hand as she goes under cover and
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America is well known for many reasons‚ however one of the best things is for its capitalist economy. This comes with many perks and is very important. It gives a reason to work to try to succeed; it is the basis of the American dream. The idea that anyone can do anything‚ achieve anything. However it is not perfect‚ too much of the wealth is controlled by too few people and the rest have to make do with the scraps. The distribution of wealth in America is unjust‚ the wealthy have more opportunities
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Poverty in Rural Georgia: The Working Poor Introduction Pictures of rural America portray a quaint‚ friendly‚ family oriented towns where fields are green‚ everyone is happy and life is easy going. At first sight Cedartown‚ Georgia completely fits the picture. Cedartown is a rural town in northwest Georgia with a population of just under 10‚000. The community origins were farming and mining iron ore in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. In the mid 1900’s industries began coming into the area
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Common Myths about the Poor in America Poverty is the big problem in the world and the myths about the poor are vary in different countries. Culture‚ social belief and norms‚ religion‚ socioeconomic levels and politic are factors that directly affects on rate of poverty in different countries. Some researchers see poor people as “deficient” and innately inferior due to genetic factors that produce lower intelligence and cognitive abilities (Herrnstein & Murray). In elevated countries
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I. Description of the experience Prior to this activity‚ I was skeptical that I would not learn anything beneficial or enlightening. After a little debate‚ I decided to move forward in watching the documentary Poor America. Although this was a short documentary‚ I felt that every second was impactful. This documentary was the perfect introduction to allow myself to develop within this series of multicultural activities. I felt engaged during the documentary because it showed several different people
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Whenever someone hears a nutritionist talk about poor eating habits the first thing that comes to mind is obesity. And that’s perfectly logical because we are a diet-conscious nation and it’s virtually impossible to open a newspaper or listen to a news broadcast without hearing that Americans are gaining pounds and inches at an unprecedented rate. But obesity is more than simply unattractive. It’s also unhealthy. So unhealthy that it’s literally killing us. A study by researchers at the Centers
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