Analysis Of What's Killing Poor White Women By Monica Potts

There has been a sharp increase in the deaths of young poor white women in the recent decades. Why is that? In the article “What’s Killing Poor White Women” the author Monica Potts explains how the death rate of young poor white women has dramatically increased in the last few decades. Monica Potts, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, gives underlying information supported with research that explains what’s causing the sharp increase of deaths in young white women. The author explains the life of a woman named Crystal who died young which was later to be found out to be caused by natural causes, although she was overweight and had uncontrollable diabetes. Potts then goes on to explain the main reasons for this recent spike of death

It’s killing them” (Potts 593). Potts gives information from many different sources backing this up. The author gives good information throughout the essay while giving research supporting her evidence which in turn makes the reader feels safe in trusting the article. It also helped me consider the writing very credible. I think the author succeeds at getting the reader emotionally attached to the reading because she gives scary statistics backed up by research she has found. The authors emotional appeal and logical are done very well in this essay. The article by Potts really shines some light on the dramatic increase of deaths and how poor education, medical care, and healthy food can all be linked to causing the shortage of the life span of young poor white women. I think Potts does a really good job at explaining her thoughts on the subject while backing everything up that she says with solid

The author discusses racial, gender, and income inequalities in a way that is fair to both sides of the argument. Potts discusses the inequalities that these women are faced with and explains the research behind it. In this article, Potts explains the scientific research that is done to explain the role that poverty, lack of education, partaking in unhealthy behaviors and how these aspects influence the overall quality of life of certain individuals. This essay discusses the life of a young woman whose life was cut short. Crystal Wilson was a normal individual who passed away unexpectedly in her sleep. Even though she was overweight and had diabetes Potts believes the true factors that played a role in the premature death of Crystal was poor education and unhealthy life choices. Not only does this essay discuss, but it gives scientific research to back up the information that is presented when discussing the death of Crystal. Potts does a good job of not being bias to the way Crystal chose to live her life and make the unhealthy decisions that she made throughout her life. Potts doesn’t look down on the way Crystal lived even though it may have affected her life span dramatically. Understanding the background and how Crystal was raised was accurately described in this essay without teaming with one side or the other. This is an important aspect because it gives both opinions and