Poor Class And Homeless People

Being an educated individual helps combat ignorance and help people be aware of the injustice around the world towards the people of color. Having knowledge can help change the world and fight against police brutality implemented on people of color and fight the constant oppression by the white supremacy. These powerful woman activist knew that change is inevitable. People are becoming more socially conscience and they wanted to fight and be part of the positive social change. These strong women activist believe in the power of unity. Promoting solidarity amongst people of color knowing it will one day help transform the world. Being political organizers they as Davis says, “never saw themselves as doing anything meaningful as an individual” they knew that people are the most powerful when they are united. These woman inspired social change and started revolutionary acts. Engaging in peaceful marches, protesting for the right of the black people and most importantly teaching people about racism and how it affects people of color. These women have dedicated their lives to fight and bring victory to more people of color in the form of justice and

Post the economic crisis in America and the recession during the years of 2008 and 2009, the country saw a great increase in poverty and worsening of living conditions of Americans. Currently, almost 50 million of fellow Americans are living in extremely bad conditions under the poverty line which means earning less than $11490 for a single person or $23550 for a family of four people. That’s about 1 in every 6 people in this country are living under poverty. A person living in this country on minimum wage which is $7.25 an hour also cannot pull himself out of poverty even after working 40 hours a week.

Poverty and homelessness are serious issues in the U.S. today, especially because of the current recession, with levels of poverty and unemployment higher than at any time since the 1930s. Blacks and Hispanics are being affected disproportionately by homelessness, as well as poverty and unemployment in American society. This is just another example of the racial caste system and institutional racism that goes far beyond that of social class, and has always been the case in recessions and indeed with every other social and economic problem in American history. Even though the country elected a black president in 2008, wealth and incomes for minority groups, which were already far lower than whites, have been in severe decline for the past few years (Baumann 2001). Compared to the trillions of dollars in federal assistance that has been extended to the large financial institutions from TARP and the Federal Reserve, programs to aid the poor and homeless have been very inadequate, and are even being cut back on the local, state and federal levels. The poor and homeless also need a program of universal health care coverage, which the U.S. has never had in its history, and like most programs to assist those at the lowest end on the social scale has often been limited or blocked by conservative interests.

The concepts of “worthy” and “unworthy” poor came about during the English Poor Laws that were introduced in the 1500’s. The English poor laws classified poor or dependent people into three major categories and established many requirement before aid was provided. Dependent persons were categorized as: vagrant (nomadic; with no permanent home or employment), the involuntary unemployed and the helpless. In effect, the poor laws separated the poor into two classes which were the worthy and the unworthy. The worthy were classified as orphans, widows, handicapped, or the frail elderly. The unworthy were the drunkards, suspicious, or lazy. (Hansan, J.E. (2011). Poor relief in early America)

Poverty in the so-called “land of the free” is downplayed and skewed by the American media conglomerates. These gatekeepers are making life harder for people below the poverty line by masking the true issues that lie beneath it. Therefore they are using their overarching power to make the rich richer and keep the poor poorer, through methods such as instilling fear in the middle class.

In America during the year 2012 a whopping 57 percent of poor people were between the ages of 18 and 64 (Desilver 2014). This is supposed to be their prime years to work, and make money. In 1959 that age group was at 41.7 percent.

Both women and African Americans experienced many changes during the twentieth century that influenced the way American society saw these two individuals. The “New Negro” and the “New Woman” both fought for equality rights that would open new doors for individual freedoms. These movements shaped the United States and sought to bring about quality for

Rednecks are the poor class of America; nobody wants to be called that horrendous word. I guess it 's the way of life for people that are less fortunate. When I think redneck, I think no teeth, beer belly, living in a trailer. I think of family feuds in the front of the trailer park with the cops getting called. I think of fixer upper pickup trucks. You could say being a redneck isn 't ideal to anyone that isn 't one. Why would you want to be categorized as the smelly trailer park kid whose family drives an old beat up pickup? I guess I should tell you now, I 'm part of a big ole redneck family.

America is often viewed as a symbol of progress. This progressive understanding is recognized through the passing of legislation that granted rights to different individuals. While historians often present America as a progressive nation, what they fail to recognize is the lack of representation for Black women. Whether it’s through legislation, or simply archives of Black women’s experiences, Black women are constantly being left out and are often invisible. Although black women were granted citizenships and rights through these amendments, they are not able to access them due to societal barriers.

People who are poor in america are the people who do not make more than a certain range of income. Genearally people and society belive that people in poverty consist of a majority of minorities like african americans and hispanics. Most people think people in poverty mainly participate or are affiliated with things such as being in gangs and doing drugs but that is not always true. Most people in poverty did not think about their futures and messed up their education which resulted in the inability for them to get a decent job to start or you have another scenario of not finishing school or they did finish school but real life blocks caused them to not keep heading in the right directions like maybe a kid or kids or death. People then think

African-Americans opened a window to a better society so then others had a chance to better themselves in this society and fight for a dream, for their rights.

I think homeless population are underserve . Even though many of this individuals suffered mental illness, criminal records on their file,trauma and no family support, I think homeless populations are underserve because of the high cost of housing in San Diego, Ca. This population interests me due to not only because I have children of my own and would never want them to go through life without roof over their head. Also, I work in Downtown San Diego and drive every day seeing many homeless individuals including families sleeping outside their tents and it bothers me to see this. Shelters in Downtown San Diego are so full, that people sleep outside the building waiting for a open bed, this is disturbing to see every day. Lack of Federal funding

The following literature combines topics such as nutrition, housing disparities, and social inequality and how they plan in interdependent role in the health of low-income populations. Because low income populations are susceptible to bevy of diseases and health (Bowman 2007) it is important to increase ones nutritional status in order to improve their overall quality of life. A low socio-economic status is associated with poor nutritional intake as “household income is a major [factor] that impacts food choices and nutritional status of individuals” (Bowman 2007). Furthermore, according to Bowman, low-income households are in urgent need for food assistance and nutrition intervention as to prevent contracting heart disease, diabetes, hypertension,

Imagine a world where it is illegal to sit down. Could you survive if there were no place you were allowed to fall asleep, to store your belongings, or to stand still? For most of us, these scenarios seem unrealistic to the point of being ludicrous. But, for homeless people across America, these circumstances are an ordinary part of life. (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty 7)

Homeless people in the world: what are the reasons for it and what are the methods to solve the problem. Today it is unfortunately homelessness is very wide and is spreading rapidly around the world. The causes may be quite different: it can be a high rent for housing, low pay, mental disability, loss of all family members, etc. When people are in a difficult situation, they need to survive, they have not so much alternatives, so they go out on the streets and begging for money. In different countries in different ways the government is trying to solve the problem of homeless people, but the result is still the same. What should we do? How can we help the homeless people?