As sociologist Douglas S. Massey has said, “segregation is a key cause of poverty because where one lives determines much about the life chances one faces." And this in the United States is "Created by White prejudice, Actualized by discriminatory behavior and Condoned, if not supported, by government." Today both, in the US and in Europe as well, overt racism is replaced by “politically correct behavior” and the reality of social relations has been rarified. This has made the evil of racism omnipresent, omnipotent but still invisible. It is to the credit of White societies, that, this art is not only universalized but its social reproduction is also ensured.
First of all, Haiti economic in general is really bad and having the AID virus spread around ruined its reputation for tourist to come to visit. For example “Whatever you write, don’t hurt us any more than we have already been hurt.” (p.450) this quote means that the country of Haiti doesn’t want journalist to publish about the AID virus in Haiti. Since in Haiti there aren’t jobs available because of the economic prostitution increases. When prostitution increases the AID virus spreads and becomes an epidemic in society .Moreover because the economic in Haiti, there isn’t a lot of job out there, therefore prostitution comes in conclusion. Education is an important factor to help stopping the AID virus from spreading in Haiti.
In the article, “The War Against the Poor Instead of Programs to End Poverty”, Gans Herbert discusses the vision of poverty in America and the place of poor people in the society. According to Gans, they are discriminated and criticized; thus, he describes the situation. Nowadays, there are still inequalities between people in America. Welfare recipients are viewed as ineffective and causing problems. Instead of helping the poor, people criticize them, for everything they do or not.
The method in which welfare is being reformed, including, but not limited to forcing people to survive off unlivable minimum wages and instituting harmful qualifications in order to receive welfare aid, is not an effective means of helping the impoverished. This has been true for about the past decade. Working for minimum wage does not provide a sufficient amount of income to survive. In addition, welfare now has qualifications that are harmful for those in need of support. Welfare reform is not on the right track to improve lives and is only going to exacerbate the terrible living situations of the penniless.
Extreme poverty, according to Sachs, is defined as the inability to acquire the essentials for survival. This includes food, shelter and potable drinking water. Those who endure moderate poverty are just meeting the requirements for physical survival. Poverty in America assumes the character of “relative” poverty, in which those who earn below the national average income struggle to acquire quality housing, quality food and quality education (Sachs, 20). Though the immediate consequences of poverty in America may not be as severe as in other parts of the world, poverty in America still has a negative effect on millions and poses an extremely serious issue for legislators, administrators and other concerned Americans.
Through this action president Hoover believed that the economy would end up fixing it self and that citizens will learn not to become dependant on the help of the government. Many believed that Hoover was in denial of the devastation that was affecting millions of citizens the great depression, and didn’t want to admit to the reality, that America found itself in a black whole. Citizens also started to believe that Hoover was some type of murderer because he knowingly was starving Americans, having the solution at hand. Americans were not only starving, but also dying of rare diseases and those that survived were starting to lose hope of a better tomorrow. Thankfully Citizens will finally have some light in this dark storm that was brought by the great depression when president Roosevelt and his administration came to office.
Nigerians were exploited for their resources and people. Even African treasures and artwork were stolen by Britain. Colonization hit the Nigerian's in many negative aspects rather than positives. World War II, the war created great economic strains, manifested particularly in the decline in real wages and the drop in living standards. During The Great Depression and World War II, Britain did not put money into Nigeria and as a result the economy fell.
On one hand, if we forego the idea of society as a whole and focus simply on the idea of helping ourselves, like the banks in The Grapes of Wrath, we will result in the destruction of the lower and middle classes, ultimately leading to depression, followed by revolution. This was proven through the fall of the communist Soviet Union, when the people eventually became tired of living in poverty and demanded change. Their failure to provide a reason for people to push themselves to excel was ultimately their demise. On the other hand, if we are to constantly help the needy and forget about the responsibilities that we have to ourselves, we not only hurt ourselves by always giving away the things that we have worked for but we also endanger the needy. If they are constantly provided for, how are the less fortunate going to learn to provide for themselves and why would they be motivated to do
It’s really bad to treat African American’s like they are worse than whites but that doesn’t mean that we should treat them like they are better, these scholarships might lead our country to become more and more racist, and some African American’s might even find these scholarships racist. Slavery was and is a horrible thing and it tears people apart thinking that our country played a big part in it but that isn’t a good enough reason to give African American’s scholarships for being black. Our country needs to try and treat everyone equally, no matter their race or color. Katherine Johnson wrote a
This is due to HIV being believed to have originated from Africa. Lack of education about these opinions equals negative attitudes and negative attitudes equals discrimination. Many individuals living with these infections are discriminated against whether it being missing out on a job vacancie or signing up for life insurance as a lot of insurance companies will not insure a HIV, hepatitis b and c person. I personally think its disgusting and I think these individuals should be treated as any other individual within society. I strongly feel more needs to be done to prevent this.