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Real Poverty Zachary Freeman Summary

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Views on Poverty In America there has always been five socioeconomic classes in which every individual is placed according to their birth family. With all these five socioeconomic classes in mind, brings the most widespread debate on the lowest category, also known as poverty. This debate consists of two main sides One: The government should not supply so many subsidies and programs, while the other explains that the government needs to establish a larger quantity of these programs and act against the deteriorated socioeconomic systems. However, by asserting two well versed and opinionated views America can agree that poverty needs to change. hardships closely followed the ever-growing population of American, in response of this the …show more content…

This way of thinking is present by Zachary Freeman in Real Poverty Doesn’t Exist in America explaining “If you can’t survive the heat, you die. That’s poverty.”. Background to this Freeman is stating the living conditions of a sugar cane village that is adjacent to the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Freeman relates back to this village explaining a common thought by some individuals of America: Poverty in America and the state of people’s health in poverty is a blessing compared to people in poverty of lower placed countries. With this he presents the question of what should be prioritized by the people and implies that the government should not give as many handouts. This idea of less handouts from the Government stems from the opinion that many individuals take advantage of the multitudes of subsidies and programs, making Americans worried about a waste of the money they pay with taxes to support America and worried that we as a nation is making “lazy and entitled” people that bum off the people's money. Since this thought of action counters McMillan, we can see that they still have a powerful connection that states America is full of different opinions and views, there is still a common ground on the want for

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Mistaking Poverty Throughout the text, “Changing the Face of Poverty,” Diana George is certainly precise when claiming that the common representations of poverty limit our understanding of it. She expresses that most of our knowledge of poverty becomes misinterpreted due to advertisements, media, and images. Consequently, the way that we look at poverty focuses around that in which is in third-world countries, but poverty can be anywhere, even in your backyard. American citizens are the audience for the text, because Americans typically portray as being wealthy, happy people who are oblivious to the poverty-stricken areas surrounding them.

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Many Americans throughout their life might experience at least a one year in poverty. To be considered living in poverty your annual income must be below the official poverty line. In the article “Poverty in America is Mainstream” by Mark R. Rank, he states that there are myths and stereotypes that surround poverty in America, including that poverty only affects a small number of Americans. Rank uses justifying statistics, as well as appeals to the audience’s emotions, and his credibility to get us to truly understand that poverty can/does affect the everyday American.

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