Poverty In America Research Paper

Poverty is a common topic brought up in conversations relating to second or third world countries. Poverty is never really a common subject when discussing countries like the United States or the United Kingdom, because they are first world countries. However, poverty is a real problem in the United States and is devastating more lives as time goes on. U.S citizens facing poverty face many issues besides the simple fact of being poor, many of which are not clearly understood. The feeling of sympathy can easily be expressed when seeing a person or family in need of financial support. However, not everyone easily looks upon the poor and feels that way. Many poverty-ridden or homeless citizens are looked down upon as a person because of their financial standing. This also may apply to families with children who are able to ben in school. Many children who attend school and may not have the money to afford new clothes and the latest hairstyles are sometimes bullied and believed not to be “up to par” as the rest of the students. This is why many schools have …show more content…
Depending on where the person or family lives, certain states in America can have very harsh weather. This makes it very troublesome for those who are homeless and live on the streets in the winter months. Also, accompanying the winter will be sickness which that individual will have to be able to afford medicine for. This causes an issue because not all poor Americans are able to afford medicine. Poor Americans struggle to provide for themselves and if their family are homeless, them as well. This leads to many of them to be malnourished and if the family has children, malnourishment causes them to not be able to concentrate in school. Although many homeless individuals may show off talents in the streets for change and just plain out ask, that little help won’t cover everything they need to