The Struggle of the Working Poor Revised Essay Sociology 113 Yvonne Barney October 19‚ 2012 The Struggle of the Working Poor Society often describes the impoverished with one word‚ lazy. Society has taught us that if a person wants to be financially successful‚ it is a simple process of education and hard work that will equate to a successful income. This is the American dream. If the impoverished simply would get a job instead of being lazy‚ they would not need to rely on programs like
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Poverty is Inescapable “They spend everything and save nothing” (Shipler 4) David Shipler states in The Working Poor when he refers to the working poor in America. Unfortunately‚ for some work just does not work due to conditions such as having to raise children and the inability to fully participate in school. Shipler specifically analyzes three mothers who exemplify those who will be poor for the rest of their lives due to the necessary expenses of their children and household bills. These women
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The working poor are those people that work the hardest for their dollar‚ work the hardest to get their paychecks‚ work the hardest to survive. Most of the working poor live paycheck to paycheck and like the saying goes‚ “robbing from Peter to pay Paul.” There is a way out of poverty‚ and there is a way for these struggling individuals to escape the perils of their life in poverty. It is not an easy road out‚ but it is possible. It is important for those that are born into this lifestyle to know
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This naturally leads to the assumption that poor people are simply too lazy to improve the quality of their lives. In her article‚ Marlene Kim states‚ “Schiller‚ for example‚ believes that the working poor are poor simply because they do not work enough hours. If they worked full-time year-round‚ he argues‚ they would lift themselves out of poverty” (Kim‚ 1998:65). We have a tendency to believe that if you are able-bodied‚ there is no excuse for not working full-time‚ and anyone who is in poverty is
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proposes that the best way for ex-cons to avoid prison again is to reintroduce them into the working world and find them jobs. However‚ most employers are hesitant to give them a chance. With the unemployment rate approaching its highest it makes keeping a job is challenging. When a person has been to prison‚ their chances of getting hired decrease drastically. Chapter five of David K. Shipler’s The Working Poor: Invisible in America‚ Shipler emphasizes attaining a job‚ maintaining a job‚ and living
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companies where they worked strenuous hours on back-breaking jobs‚ only to get paid a couple dollars. Without other options‚ these immigrants and other poor people were essentially slaves to the industry and were subjected to low wages‚ poor living conditions‚ long hours‚ and poor working conditions. The extremely low salaries forced workers to stay working to try and provide necessary items for their families. Food ran scarce in families and cramped houses and tenement apartments had little light‚ hardly
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Eng209 Qiuxiang Wu (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
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Whip-poor-will explanation The poem‚ "Whip-poor-will" by Donald Hall is written beautifully with a sense of nature and family. Throughout this poem‚ Hall illustrates these natural occurrences‚ such as the "sandy ground"‚ "the last light of June"‚ and "a brown bird in the nearnight‚ soaring over shed and woodshed to far dark fields". The bird in this instance is a whippoorwill‚ defined as a nocturnal nightjar of Eastern North America that uses loud‚ repetitive calls suggestive of its name.
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The Working Poor by David K. Shipler focuses on the hidden side of American life in poverty through people’s stories. The Working Poor by David K. Shipler focuses on the hidden side of American life in poverty through people’s stories. Shipler writes about the lives of people of the working poor who are stuck in poverty in the land of opportunities. The American myth is what drives people to become successful and go from rags to riches. Race‚ location and education all play key roles on how an individual’s
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WORKING WITH THE POOR As a Social Work student‚ I have been exposed to different faces of poverty especially during this school year. These exposures have taught me a lot of life lessons and helped me grow as a person. One of the realizations I had with these exposures is how poverty differently shaped the lives of the poor. Thus‚ I had different views of poverty. If you dig deeper into the causes of illegal activities‚ one of these is poverty. Once‚ I had given an opportunity to interview
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