[Di25722]

Anne I agree with your response the most Though modern sociological thought calls it blaming the victim, there is a ‘culture of poverty’ involving modes of thinking and behavior that help keep poor people poor. An analogy might be the person who does poorly in math claiming he’s just not good at it when all he really needs is to buckle down and do it. For him it’s an easy out. It is exactly doing that and blaming the victim only works to make the rest of society feel better about snatching away the measly bit of help we do give the poor. Poor people who drop out of school and say that they dont have the brains often occurs becasue of what Anne said in her response… Often poor people and minorities are placed in Special Education Tracks and are trained specifically to do work in blue collar jobs etc… The smart kids are placed in the front dumb in the back – its been proven- but anyways- Like Anne said often poor families cannot afford headstart programs – pre-school, if it’s a single female – headed household like an incresing number of poor families are then she’s probably struggling to hold a job or two and doesnt have time to show indv. attn. to each child as well-to-do families do. Then theres the infamous American Ideology that if you work hard enough YOU CAN MAKE IT… which is bull.. there are so many structural barriers for the poor .. it can be said that in the race to the good life the poor and minority start a mile behind the born rich by about a mile in the 100m dash. So some simply realize this and quit and say hey – why keep on in school when I can start making the same amount of money I would without college education.. Then some drop out to make quick money becasue they need to help their fam. out with bills and food, or becasue they want a new car like they see all the wealthy kids drinving but ttheir parents can’t afford to buy them… Don’t blame the victim – thats sick – blacme a society that would rather chide try try again to a child attempting to jump over a hurdle with 100lb. weight chained to their ankle than to give the child the key to free themselves… Read Jay McLoed – Aint No Makin It

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Name : Di25722, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 18, City : Lansing, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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