“What Do We Think Poverty Looks Like?” by Tracie McMillan in July 28, 2017 discusses her experience living in poverty and realizing the stereotypes among racial groups. McMillan illustrates the ideal mentality that we have encountered when thinking of poverty. She talks about growing up in Michigan dealing with her struggles living in poverty living off $16 a month and $4 a week for food. McMillan did not merge her way into poverty, but instead she grew up in poverty. The struggle of dealing with unemployment and medical debt caused her family to struggle. McMillan qualified for SNAP, a program that provided food stamps, she felt indecisive. She's a white woman who was college educated and worked, she felt as if she wasn't that poor. She cites
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That poverty is illuminating the idea of racial depictions. In fact that the white community also face the struggle of poverty. I can agree with she saying in aspect of the deception of poverty. In media the face of poverty is most likely a person of color. McMillan mentions what the media portrays as the “ideal” person in poverty, “ And media professionals tend to portray poverty as if it is rare for anyone but black Americans”. Meaning when depict on media there’s financial stabilization for any other race group. The African American community have been adversely affected by negative public perceptions. McMillan have felt ashamed, because she’s an educated white woman. She feels that she doesn’t fit the “norm” of an average white …show more content…
Poverty can happen to any person at anytime, so no one should feel out of place when in poverty. The government programs are for people who cannot afford needs not based on their racial status. McMillan points this out, “The qualifications for being poor is not rates or education, but in insurmountable get between income in the course of limit”. Which is exactly true McMillan defines poverty as it is. Poverty is not based on a person's racial background instead on the person's income or financial status. With knowing that there's a particular is an issue based on statuses instead of raise will help society mentality. There won't be a stereotype of minorities only suffering from poverty. If this change there would not be a feeling, such as make McMillan believing that because she's a white women, she should not be in poverty. You want to have a strange feeling when applying for SNAP. McMillan shares her thoughts when applying, she states that people like her shouldn't be applying for government fundings for such thing as poverty. She acknowledges the fact that there's a mentality of believing poverty is for people of color. She then states that “The only periods where the proportion of white poverty was accurately represented were in economic downturns…”. What McMillan is trying to explain that the only time it's perceived as “acceptable” for a white person to be in the
That poverty is illuminating the idea of racial depictions. In fact that the white community also face the struggle of poverty. I can agree with she saying in aspect of the deception of poverty. In media the face of poverty is most likely a person of color. McMillan mentions what the media portrays as the “ideal” person in poverty, “ And media professionals tend to portray poverty as if it is rare for anyone but black Americans”. Meaning when depict on media there’s financial stabilization for any other race group. The African American community have been adversely affected by negative public perceptions. McMillan have felt ashamed, because she’s an educated white woman. She feels that she doesn’t fit the “norm” of an average white …show more content…
Poverty can happen to any person at anytime, so no one should feel out of place when in poverty. The government programs are for people who cannot afford needs not based on their racial status. McMillan points this out, “The qualifications for being poor is not rates or education, but in insurmountable get between income in the course of limit”. Which is exactly true McMillan defines poverty as it is. Poverty is not based on a person's racial background instead on the person's income or financial status. With knowing that there's a particular is an issue based on statuses instead of raise will help society mentality. There won't be a stereotype of minorities only suffering from poverty. If this change there would not be a feeling, such as make McMillan believing that because she's a white women, she should not be in poverty. You want to have a strange feeling when applying for SNAP. McMillan shares her thoughts when applying, she states that people like her shouldn't be applying for government fundings for such thing as poverty. She acknowledges the fact that there's a mentality of believing poverty is for people of color. She then states that “The only periods where the proportion of white poverty was accurately represented were in economic downturns…”. What McMillan is trying to explain that the only time it's perceived as “acceptable” for a white person to be in the