In “How a Democrat Killed Welfare” by Premilla Nadasen we read about Bill Clinton, former Democratic President of the U.S. and how while in office, he essentially destroyed welfare in the U.S. Firstly, I just wanted to say that I was very surprised that this article was in the course packet, considering that this is a sociology class; and I’d assume most if not all sociologists are Democrats. I found it surprising to see an article slamming Democrats. After Clinton was elected in 1992, many people breathed a sigh of relief as they thought the the horrors of the Reagen-Bush era were over. Many people, unfortunately were wrong. The fact of the matter is that regardless of political views, Clinton’s administration brought destruction to poor
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The Welfare Reform Bill “Transformed welfare from an exclusive and unequal cash assistance system that stigmatized its recipients into one that actually criminalized them.”(1) Clinton was responsible for turning the AFDC (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) into block grants which hurt many impoverished children and their mothers throughout the U.S. Also, Clinton was responsible for the TANF which “established tougher mandates on poor single mothers.”(1) The AFDC has been around for a while, in the 30’s people had no problem with welfare due to the fact that the majority of recipients were white women , it wasn’t until the 70’s when women of color began to receive federal assistance that people began to lose their minds. In the 60’s and 70’s, blacks throughout the U.S. were really impoverished and they kept fighting for urban social order and economic equality, however the government completely ignored them. Instead of answering their pleas for help, the government chose to attempt to instill “proper values of work and marriage in black men and …show more content…
Massey, we read of the ways we enforce immigration laws and how they form an institution. There are 50.5 Million Latinos in the U.S. making them the largest minority group here. Blacks make 10.3% of the population and are outnumbered by Latinos by about 6%. Racialization of Latinos goes as far back as 1848 when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed into effect and it bought 50,000 Mexican people into the country. Immediately people began to discriminate against them. Instantly, policies were placed in effect making it hard for Mexicans to enter the country legally. In 1995 the “War on immigrants”(349) began, we militarized our southern border and we massively expanded our immigrant detention system. Throughout history, especially in the 60’s we made it hard for immigrants to come into the country, we began to put caps on the amount of immigrants allowed into this country. As we began to do that, more undocumented immigrants began to enter the country, because, legally they were not allowed to
The Welfare Reform Bill “Transformed welfare from an exclusive and unequal cash assistance system that stigmatized its recipients into one that actually criminalized them.”(1) Clinton was responsible for turning the AFDC (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) into block grants which hurt many impoverished children and their mothers throughout the U.S. Also, Clinton was responsible for the TANF which “established tougher mandates on poor single mothers.”(1) The AFDC has been around for a while, in the 30’s people had no problem with welfare due to the fact that the majority of recipients were white women , it wasn’t until the 70’s when women of color began to receive federal assistance that people began to lose their minds. In the 60’s and 70’s, blacks throughout the U.S. were really impoverished and they kept fighting for urban social order and economic equality, however the government completely ignored them. Instead of answering their pleas for help, the government chose to attempt to instill “proper values of work and marriage in black men and …show more content…
Massey, we read of the ways we enforce immigration laws and how they form an institution. There are 50.5 Million Latinos in the U.S. making them the largest minority group here. Blacks make 10.3% of the population and are outnumbered by Latinos by about 6%. Racialization of Latinos goes as far back as 1848 when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed into effect and it bought 50,000 Mexican people into the country. Immediately people began to discriminate against them. Instantly, policies were placed in effect making it hard for Mexicans to enter the country legally. In 1995 the “War on immigrants”(349) began, we militarized our southern border and we massively expanded our immigrant detention system. Throughout history, especially in the 60’s we made it hard for immigrants to come into the country, we began to put caps on the amount of immigrants allowed into this country. As we began to do that, more undocumented immigrants began to enter the country, because, legally they were not allowed to