The Land Of Opportunity By James Loewen

Poverty is a struggle that has been a part of America for several years. There has been different ideas and reasons behind why poverty has continued to be such a tough aspect of society. These articles are a great way to understand the reasons behind poverty. Poverty has and will always be a never-ending cycle for most people in America if the government doesn’t make fixing this problem a priority.
According to The Land of Opportunity, by James Loewen, young people in high school and college don’t realize that poverty is something that started long ago. All that these students know is what their textbook is teaching them; which is that America is a “middle class country (Loewen, 1995: 318).” It is almost impossible to read this article and not think that the reason the high school books don’t mention much about social class is because if the young people become informed on issues surrounding society they will try and change it.
Loewen also states that social class is basically from the womb to the tomb; which means that if you are born into poverty you are more than likely going to stay there your entire life (Loewen, 1995: 319). An expecting mother in the high social class will likely seek prenatal care while an expecting mother in a low social class will not seek prenatal care …show more content…
Ehrenreich looks for jobs but she is very picky on what she chooses. She ends up choosing a waitress job at a local restaurant. When working at some restaurants your pay check is normally based on tips. If a person makes ten dollars in tips that will be added to their pay check so that technique wouldn’t be a “tip” it would be part of a pay check. A waitress is very stressed because she must do her very best to get her work done. Making her hard to sleep which could cause for a lack of energy for the next