We all depend on something, whether it is our car, our job or our family. In A Genealogy of Dependency: Tracing a Keyword in the U.S Welfare State by Nancy Fraser and Linda Gordon, the dependency they describe is more concerned with this “welfare dependency” and why this word has become so negative. Throughout this article, Fraser analyzes “dependency” and its tie to U.S politics. The “genealogy of dependency” is explored in this article and she brings a historical analysis and a feminist perspective into this deliberation. To be specific, the word dependent refers to “a physical relationship in which one thing hangs from another.” This “welfare dependency” is usually tied to a black woman or teenager who is necessitousness and has childcare
