Stereotypes: Why People Who Need Government Assistance

Spradley Rose State College  Abstract This paper will explore cultural stereotyping. Statistics show there are just as many White Americans on welfare assistance as there are African Americans. There is 1% more African Americans than White Americans. Many African American live in poverty stricken areas and are dependent on welfare assistance as a means to living. Some White Americans see these individuals and automatically put the label of lazy on all African American.  Racial Stereotyping

when we make perceptions on what we make about others. In the past forty years America welfare system has been designed around Reagan’s fake welfare queen (Black, Sprague). This slur has had negative effects for the families on welfare that urgently need support and are struggling. This paper will discuss the lies of the welfare queen and how it originated and its negative effects on African American families and young girls. During the Reagan presidency in the 80s, he talked about welfare

Drug Testing for Welfare Welfare is a public assistance program that is designed to help families who do not have enough money to support themselves. Welfare was developed to improve the quality of life and living standards for the poor and underprivileged. This program started because of the hardships people faced during the Great Depression of the 1930s. In 1935, public assistance for the poor became the government’s responsibility. The money comes from the taxes that are deducted from the working

Introduction a.i) Government assistance, or welfare, is a very broad term. There are many different welfare programs available in the United States e.g., food stamps, cash assistance, and government housing. Currently there is mass debate, in courtrooms across the U.S., regarding the legality and morality of pre-assistance drug testing. This report is intended to familiarize the reader with the history of welfare reform; the histories of drug testing in regards to assistance eligibility; and persuade

individuals are living in poverty. Why is it that this worldwide dilemma is still rising in rapid numbers till this day? Is it because of a lack of authoritative power, or a lack of one’s self control to do good? Despite the unknown cause, it has managed to drastically affect the lives of many. Poverty is like a curse, one that is wrongfully placed, difficult to get out of, and resistant to many forms of help. The pinpoint cause of poverty is challenging to find. People who live well off and are above

consider things from his point of view.” –Atticus Finch. People everywhere, no matter what country you are from, are prejudiced but it is the matter of denying it that they are one. People usually confuse it with bias, stereotypes and bigotry. People with different cultures and living in different nations possess negative view and attitudes towards people within their borders or close to them. People say, “where there is a will, there’s a way.” People may think that it is just a saying to encourage and

judging the Vietnamese American community. In my mind, the “model-minority” myth has always been in place and completely stable. I never knew that a majority of Vietnamese American youth experienced gang-related violence, extreme poverty, numerous stereotypes, and even depression. I never knew how common all of these problems were within their community. In addition, their problems existed even within their own families through generational conflicts and cultural differences. These problems are real

person who is living of off of paychecks to pay checks; or not having enough money to meet basic needs such as, food, shelter, and clothing. Poverty has been a social issue that has been around for many years in the United States, and as the years continue to pass by poverty tends to get worse. Despite being one of the most popular countries in the world, the United States has families and communities who are struggling to survive with low income that puts them in the either below poverty who are known

one-fifth of the U.S. population, or 52.2 million people, received some kind of means-tested public assistance every month” (Elliott). With 20% of the U.S. population receiving welfare it is the government’s responsibility to regulate is receiving the assistance. Welfare recipients should be required to take a required drug test to receive any benefits because it is a waste of taxpayer dollars. It is the government's responsibility to find out who are using drugs so they can help the recipient function

poverty. What determines poverty is many different factors such as money, geographical location, and feelings of being in poverty. How we understand poverty is through how our social system views poverty, most people believe its being homeless, or having to survive on governmental assistance. Through the film we see that these classifications are not exactly how we see poverty. The Rice family consists of Katie, her husband Carl and her six children, a family that makes under $10,000 per year. Katie