Impact Of Poverty: A World Without Oppression

Picture this: we live in a world without discrimination, a world without poverty, a world without oppression. How enjoyable would that be? In this utopian society, a person would not have to worry about the negative personal perspectives others form of one another or one’s economic status. Therefore, we have a better chance of being successful and achieving our goals because there is no preconceived notions of what an individual’s potential could be. But, in reality, it is impossible to live in a world without judgement and economic struggle, which can result in an overall oppression. We have learned and discussed about different forms of oppression and how it has been a major obstacle for many to overcome. In other words, the impact of oppression …show more content…
The impacts of poverty are not kidding. Youngsters who experience childhood in neediness endure more conflict, hardship, and serious medical issues than do kids who grow up under better money related conditions. In Mike powers “Growing up poor” magazine, he stated, “poverty significantly affects the academic performance of children. Poor children have lower IQ scores and are more likely to dropout of school and experience poverty as adults. Children whose parents have higher educational attainments also perform better in school while children in stepfamilies or with plenty of siblings have lower test scores and educational attainment”. In this statement, the author is emphasizing the fact that the rich keeps getting rich while the poor keeps getting poorer without nothing in hand. This is sad, because this shows how this situation keeps getting worse and worse as it escalates through the years. Also, one example of this would be the Hmong people that we have discussed about. In fadiman “The spirit catches you and you fall down”, she tells a story of two cultures, the Hmong and the American culture. In the story it highlights some sort of poverty and discrimination. The Lee’s family who was part of the Hmong people had a daughter named Lia who was diagnosed with epilepsy, with her illness she was taken to the hospital were it was difficult for her parents to communicate. In this case, we can say that the Hmong were in severe poor situation, because if they were in good hands they would have been educated, and probably one of their relatives could communicate, but sadly it was not. Also, they were being discriminated by the doctors, because whenever they came to the doctors, the doctors were so ethnocentric and ignorant to the fact that they are different and they look