"In America, discussions of poverty are linked in the public imagination to stereotypes about race, class and gender. The face of poverty is not white (the group that in fact comprises the largest group of recipients for government aid). Instead, it is the mythical black welfare queen, or "illegal immigrant" who is trying to pilfer the system at the expense of hard-working white Americans." (thanks Amir)
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Discussion of poverty in the US
"In America, discussions of poverty are linked in the public imagination to stereotypes about race, class and gender. The face of poverty is not white (the group that in fact comprises the largest group of recipients for government aid). Instead, it is the mythical black welfare queen, or "illegal immigrant" who is trying to pilfer the system at the expense of hard-working white Americans." (thanks Amir)
