In a racist society, it is unavoidable that programs to assist people of poverty be designed to bring up cultural prejudice. This goes to show how the workforce is organized around racial differences; consequently assistance programs will mirror those divisions. Otherwise the distribution of assistance to culturally minority people would produce a substitute to the low-wage labor to which they are already given, as a result undermining the racial foundation for allocating jobs. American social programs were created and shaped over time by groups of people who were interested in reflecting on those inequalities. The wide-ranging consequence is that Blacks are underrepresented in the more plentiful social programs and over compensated for in
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I believe it is the duty and moral obligation of the government to make available some type of security for the people it governs and help them during their time of need. Society unfairly makes adverse conclusions about recipients of government welfare programs. Some people believe that those that are getting assistance from the government are lazy and solely want easy money so they do not have to work. Although some people do have negative agendas for their government assistance, like people that don’t even use their Food Stamps and sell it for money, the stigma is not true for everybody. People that have abused the system have made a bad name for people that actually need the assistance. This social degradation can force the people in society that need assistance to feel ridiculed (Duncan and Hoffman 520). These people should not feel ashamed about needing assistance because many big named corporations also receive billions in government assistance annually through what is called “corporate …show more content…
This movement should be by the government and other community leaders who would humanize the people on welfare and show their support for aid, just how President Obama shows his support for the Exercising campaign in 2014-2016. The highest challengers of welfare consider receiving government assistance goes against the American ideology of individualism: “Many aspects of welfare…conflict with Americans’ beliefs that individuals should take responsibility for their own betterment and not rely on the government for support” (Roberts, Gordon, and Quadagno 1560). Nearly half of all American households reported receiving government assistance in 2000 (Duncan and Hoffman 120). In this same year, food stamps also assisted 1 in 8 Americans (Duncan and Hoffman 121). The main instrument to remove stigma from welfare is to let people know that many people in the society we live in receive assistance and it is nothing that should be deemed as negative. As a society we must uncover the genuine face of the culture of welfare: it is not just black mothers, it is children, it is entire households of families who do not have the essentials to survive. (Duncan and Hoffman 121).
I believe it is the duty and moral obligation of the government to make available some type of security for the people it governs and help them during their time of need. Society unfairly makes adverse conclusions about recipients of government welfare programs. Some people believe that those that are getting assistance from the government are lazy and solely want easy money so they do not have to work. Although some people do have negative agendas for their government assistance, like people that don’t even use their Food Stamps and sell it for money, the stigma is not true for everybody. People that have abused the system have made a bad name for people that actually need the assistance. This social degradation can force the people in society that need assistance to feel ridiculed (Duncan and Hoffman 520). These people should not feel ashamed about needing assistance because many big named corporations also receive billions in government assistance annually through what is called “corporate …show more content…
This movement should be by the government and other community leaders who would humanize the people on welfare and show their support for aid, just how President Obama shows his support for the Exercising campaign in 2014-2016. The highest challengers of welfare consider receiving government assistance goes against the American ideology of individualism: “Many aspects of welfare…conflict with Americans’ beliefs that individuals should take responsibility for their own betterment and not rely on the government for support” (Roberts, Gordon, and Quadagno 1560). Nearly half of all American households reported receiving government assistance in 2000 (Duncan and Hoffman 120). In this same year, food stamps also assisted 1 in 8 Americans (Duncan and Hoffman 121). The main instrument to remove stigma from welfare is to let people know that many people in the society we live in receive assistance and it is nothing that should be deemed as negative. As a society we must uncover the genuine face of the culture of welfare: it is not just black mothers, it is children, it is entire households of families who do not have the essentials to survive. (Duncan and Hoffman 121).