4. Who are the poor? What patterns characterize the distribution of poverty in the U.S.? What reasons can you cite for the existence of such patterns? Be specific.
When someone says who are the poor, some people may think of a someone who is dirty, eating poorly and living on the street. But to me, I feel like everyone who is living in poverty is “poor”. It takes so much money to make ands meet in today’s society. The cost of living is going up and up, but what people make for working is not. Anyone who works 40 hours a week should be in poverty. It isn’t fair that someone willing to work so much to provide for themselves and their families should struggle to make ends meet. As of 2014 14.8% of American’s are living in poverty (census.gov). …show more content…
The dictionary definition for prejudice is: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. And the dictionary definition for discrimination is: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. Both terms can be tremendously harmful depending on the context they are used in. In fact, a lot of the time one leads to the other. I think of discrimination as the actions or thoughts someone has about something about someone, or what they do or say. For example, elderly can discriminate the young. Discrimination can be about anything, age, race, speech, weight, hair color as can prejudice. Prejudice goes beyond just discriminations. I feel it is when someone has finalized it in their mind that they feel a certain way. This is when it can lead to discriminating. We base our prejudices on discriminations. Prejudice’s are more the attitude, and discrimination is the action. People may have a prejudice about African American’s and they have it in their mind that they are bad people, but when they discriminate they take action. For example, in the workplace if a hiring manager has a prejudice against African American, then they may take action and discriminate against them by not ever hiring an African American. Someone can be prejudice without discriminating, but I don’t think you can discriminate without being
When someone says who are the poor, some people may think of a someone who is dirty, eating poorly and living on the street. But to me, I feel like everyone who is living in poverty is “poor”. It takes so much money to make ands meet in today’s society. The cost of living is going up and up, but what people make for working is not. Anyone who works 40 hours a week should be in poverty. It isn’t fair that someone willing to work so much to provide for themselves and their families should struggle to make ends meet. As of 2014 14.8% of American’s are living in poverty (census.gov). …show more content…
The dictionary definition for prejudice is: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. And the dictionary definition for discrimination is: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. Both terms can be tremendously harmful depending on the context they are used in. In fact, a lot of the time one leads to the other. I think of discrimination as the actions or thoughts someone has about something about someone, or what they do or say. For example, elderly can discriminate the young. Discrimination can be about anything, age, race, speech, weight, hair color as can prejudice. Prejudice goes beyond just discriminations. I feel it is when someone has finalized it in their mind that they feel a certain way. This is when it can lead to discriminating. We base our prejudices on discriminations. Prejudice’s are more the attitude, and discrimination is the action. People may have a prejudice about African American’s and they have it in their mind that they are bad people, but when they discriminate they take action. For example, in the workplace if a hiring manager has a prejudice against African American, then they may take action and discriminate against them by not ever hiring an African American. Someone can be prejudice without discriminating, but I don’t think you can discriminate without being