“The United States has the highest poverty rate of any advance industrial nation” (Elizabetha, 2013). To illustrate, African Americans held the highest percentage rate on the poverty scale for decades. Despite, the government programs created to assist with short-term needs of the lower class. Still, the numbers of participants utilizing such programs remain the same. The inquiry is, why does poverty still exist among African Americans in the United States?
Whereas, many doubts have started to rise. Hence, contributing to many unanswered questions from society and basis presumptions. Much of society presumes that African Americans take advantage of government plans. In the same way, the government put on welfare was a resolution to the poverty topic. When in all reality it created a larger event. This problem is important to talk about because, the poverty rate is steading going in the United States among African Americans. Society is affected by this in many ways. I choose this topic because, I grew up in a poor black family in America. So, I can talk from first-hand experience what it’s like to be poor and black in America. Why there are so …show more content…
Even though they all agree with the issue, they have different thoughts about why the problem exists. Stossel believes the government programs for poverty only encourages black people not to work. Whereas the out hour from Welfare state has devastated African Americans’ has the same thought about welfare, but feels that the restrictions place of the recipient on welfare if they try to marry or work causes them not to improve their lives which in returns produces other poverty issues. Which leads to the author Horwitz argues that when children are born to poor single mothers it starts a chain effect and causes most poor children to grow up poor and on government assistants. Each author believes that welfare is an issue not a
Whereas, many doubts have started to rise. Hence, contributing to many unanswered questions from society and basis presumptions. Much of society presumes that African Americans take advantage of government plans. In the same way, the government put on welfare was a resolution to the poverty topic. When in all reality it created a larger event. This problem is important to talk about because, the poverty rate is steading going in the United States among African Americans. Society is affected by this in many ways. I choose this topic because, I grew up in a poor black family in America. So, I can talk from first-hand experience what it’s like to be poor and black in America. Why there are so …show more content…
Even though they all agree with the issue, they have different thoughts about why the problem exists. Stossel believes the government programs for poverty only encourages black people not to work. Whereas the out hour from Welfare state has devastated African Americans’ has the same thought about welfare, but feels that the restrictions place of the recipient on welfare if they try to marry or work causes them not to improve their lives which in returns produces other poverty issues. Which leads to the author Horwitz argues that when children are born to poor single mothers it starts a chain effect and causes most poor children to grow up poor and on government assistants. Each author believes that welfare is an issue not a