Harrington makes the world aware of the unknown society within America.

In The Other America by Michael Harrington, Harrington argues that world only knows one part of America because no one including the government care for the poor people, to the government the poor people are separated and invisible to everyone else. The are two types of Americans, the poor America and the rest of America. The lower class of America are the unseen people of America, who need help from the government. They need everyone to see them, to stop being isolated from the rest of America and finally be noticed by the government.
Harrington writes "The poor still inhabit the miserable housing in the central area, but they are increasingly isolated from contact with, or sight, of anybody else." Harrington's choice of words, leads the reader to believe that the conditions of which the poor live and work are at a lower standard to the rest of America. Though this can be true, the words like "miserable housing and increasingly isolated" almost exaggerate the conditions. These words are used to create extra sympathy for the poor people. Harrington adds more to his point later in the document by commenting on the changing housing of these poor people. He writes “The total impact of the various housing programs in postwar America has been to squeeze moe and more people into existing slums.” The conditions that these Americans are getting worse, but it is the government’s fault. “Housing programs” hint to the government. The government should be taking care of their entire population, including the poor people. But with the programs they have provided are only making their lives harder.
The poor people of America are becoming their own society with a different population. The rest of America does not want to associate themselves...

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Harrington talks about the lower class and the things they own. The lower class ultimately have and own less than the rest of America. Yet, America believes that it can continue to take the little that the poor do have. Even after all the this, their own society has no voice. They are unable to make change, for everyone or even themselves, because the rest of America will not let them.
Inside this document, Harrington raises upsetting points. How the society of poor people is huge but are unable to do anything because to the rest of the world, they do not exist. The lower class are unable to help themselves because of how little the government is giving them and also how much they are also taking away from them. Harrington is trying to make the rest of the world aware of the poor population within America. He is trying to make them be seen.