The “New Urban Poverty” is what has developed as a result of work disappearing in urban areas. The book, More than Just Race, by William Julius Wilson, Professor of Social
Policy at Harvard, argues that “the disappearance of work and the consequences of that disappearance for both social and cultural life are the central problems in the inner-city ghetto.”
The new urban poverty that Wilson describes is comprised of years of data compiled that create for a better understanding of the injustice that exists in Detroit and other inner cities alike.
According to Wilson, “the experiences of poor inner-city blacks represent the influence more than just race.”
Thomas Sugrue, author of, The Origins of the Urban Crisis, delves into the true
immergence …show more content…
These ex-felons are referred to as the
"unemployable class of people." According to the article, "When you remove record numbers of people [from cities] you cause them to collapse."
In the article, Thomson characterizes this as the "criminalization of urban space," having coined "million-dollar blocks, neighborhoods where so many people have been imprisoned it's costing at least $1 million to keep them behind bars.” Guyette says the costs for committing crimes are astounding, in multiple ways. Ex-felons being unable to obtain work after serving their sentence is not the only issue resulting, Thompson describes the "orphans" mass
incarceration has created, “between 1991 and 2007, the number of mothers in prison doubled.”
The paper she published in The Journal of American History in 2010, explained how mass incarceration also “eroded inner-city viability in ways less obvious than reducing urbanites' incomes and compromising their access to needed welfare resources." In addition to the before mentioned issues that create the criminalization of the urban space, those serving prison …show more content…
When we think about crime, we ‘see black,’ even when it’s not present at all.” Figures such as the ones the author gives sets the tone for what has become the assumptions of our urban areas and people living in those areas, predominantly blacks.
In Albrecht’s “Still the other America”, in the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, she says “1/3 of Detroiters live in households whose income is below federal poverty level.”
Albrecht says there are way too many black kids struggling and babies dying. We learn that assumptions hold power, by looking at statistics included such as 52% whites believe blacks to be less intelligent and 56% whites believe blacks lack motivation to get ahead. These powerful figures give insight to the assumptions that influence our society.
The underclass debate is the merging of what is known socially to address the differences between the past and present when examining the undeserving or poor. This process focuses in
on family dynamics, social settings, assumptions, joblessness and other facets alike.
Sugrue says “no one social program or policy, no single force, whether housing
Policy at Harvard, argues that “the disappearance of work and the consequences of that disappearance for both social and cultural life are the central problems in the inner-city ghetto.”
The new urban poverty that Wilson describes is comprised of years of data compiled that create for a better understanding of the injustice that exists in Detroit and other inner cities alike.
According to Wilson, “the experiences of poor inner-city blacks represent the influence more than just race.”
Thomas Sugrue, author of, The Origins of the Urban Crisis, delves into the true
immergence …show more content…
These ex-felons are referred to as the
"unemployable class of people." According to the article, "When you remove record numbers of people [from cities] you cause them to collapse."
In the article, Thomson characterizes this as the "criminalization of urban space," having coined "million-dollar blocks, neighborhoods where so many people have been imprisoned it's costing at least $1 million to keep them behind bars.” Guyette says the costs for committing crimes are astounding, in multiple ways. Ex-felons being unable to obtain work after serving their sentence is not the only issue resulting, Thompson describes the "orphans" mass
incarceration has created, “between 1991 and 2007, the number of mothers in prison doubled.”
The paper she published in The Journal of American History in 2010, explained how mass incarceration also “eroded inner-city viability in ways less obvious than reducing urbanites' incomes and compromising their access to needed welfare resources." In addition to the before mentioned issues that create the criminalization of the urban space, those serving prison …show more content…
When we think about crime, we ‘see black,’ even when it’s not present at all.” Figures such as the ones the author gives sets the tone for what has become the assumptions of our urban areas and people living in those areas, predominantly blacks.
In Albrecht’s “Still the other America”, in the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, she says “1/3 of Detroiters live in households whose income is below federal poverty level.”
Albrecht says there are way too many black kids struggling and babies dying. We learn that assumptions hold power, by looking at statistics included such as 52% whites believe blacks to be less intelligent and 56% whites believe blacks lack motivation to get ahead. These powerful figures give insight to the assumptions that influence our society.
The underclass debate is the merging of what is known socially to address the differences between the past and present when examining the undeserving or poor. This process focuses in
on family dynamics, social settings, assumptions, joblessness and other facets alike.
Sugrue says “no one social program or policy, no single force, whether housing