Mcloyd's Childhood Poverty

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In general, poverty is dominantly in inner-city neighborhoods. The isolation of poverty driven cities causes lower employment rate and diminishing government services such as school systems, health care, and police protection. The consequence of this is destructive environmental pressures such as violence, drug use, and gang affiliation (McLoyd, 1998). Poverty is more prevalent in African Americans and Latinos rather than white people. This correlates with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Association statistic that states African American drug use in ages 12 and up is 12.4% and 8.9% in the Latino community compared the 10.2% national average (SAMHSA, 2014). McLoyd’s childhood poverty graph shows that children under the age of five

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