1. Poverty affects people even when they are unaware. The lack of possession or even money can become a tremendous burden on individuals as well as communities and societies. Sadly, many states within America are impoverished based simply upon the race and ethnicity makeup of the area. I feel that poverty in the United States is similar to many of the countries featured in Half the Sky because of the lack of information people seem to have when it comes to their housing and even how to handle money in terms of “smart” spending. Many countries, including the United States, need better education for how to end or combat poverty. The short chapter “Study Abroad,” specifically in the Congo, deals with poverty and the youth’s recommendations for …show more content…
Poverty, however, is different in the Congo compared to the United States in that the US government has policies and laws in place that are forward leaning in addressing equality and handling poverty, whereas in the Congo the government is not as worried or does not seem to care as much to instill equality and education addressing poverty into society. There are countless opportunities in the United States that allow our poverty to not be as bad as others countries that are not available in the Congo, the main being education. Within the Congo chapter, one can comprehend how race and ethnicity, as well as gender, influences different opportunities for social class mobility based on the way people …show more content…
In fact, as stated in this book, “A society that has more men than women — particularly young men, is often associated with crime or violence” (Kristof, WuDunn 158). I feel that with this society of men stealing and getting into fights, especially over something like being alone with a married female, has affected Aisha because she can no longer live in the way she wants. She has to pretend to not be smart and pretend that she has no clue what is going on, when in reality she knows exactly how awful she is getting treated in response to poverty. Her racial/ethnic attitude, I feel, really affects her in a way that she cannot be herself. She is not able to be herself, or speak up for herself, simply because most Islamic women are shushed and meant to keep quiet. Her life could end and she can be severely punished if she were to speak aloud and against discrimination. Per the story, Aisha was not one to want to remain quiet, but societal norms, ones that led to gender discrimination and widespread poverty, make it so that in order to keep her life moderately healthy, she needs to continue with the system in place.
3. Empowerment of women and girls is an effective way to address global poverty, especially since the majority of the world’s poorest people are women. Basically, empowerment is a fancy word for earning equality and respect and making sure everyone is equal. This global poverty is only happening because of the lack
Poverty is a difficult and horrible way to grow up in life. It causes people to become stressed, and terrified of the world. It also demonstrates the ugly side of the world. When you ae in poverty. It causes people to become desperate and do horrendous things like murder, rape, and prostitution. But poverty can also produce strong, determined, and hopeful humans. In Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus by Carolina Maria de Jesus, we see the ambitious mother of three living the daily struggle of living in the poor favelas in Brazil. She provides the best life she can to her kids, while also perusing her dream of becoming a writer. In Testimony: Death of a Guatemala City by Victor Montejo, the readers follow the inspirational
The Liz Murray’s lecture has far exceeds my expectation. She did a wonderful job with the book, but I think it was even more meaningful being able to listen to the author articulating her own story. Breaking Night and the lecture provide me with lots of valuable insights about life. I knew that poverty was a global epidemic, but I would have never thought that it would affect people in our country to that extent. Originally coming from a relatively undeveloped country myself, I am not too unfamiliar with the concept of poverty. I could not agree more when Liz Murray mentioned how poverty acts like a wall separating people in society. I think poverty in itself affects both the body and the mind. The body is deprived of its basic needs while the mind is
Everyone knows what the word poverty means. It means poor, unable to buy the necessities to survive in today's world. We do not realize how easy it is for a person to fall into poverty: A lost job, a sudden illness, a death in the family or the endless cycle of being born into poverty and not knowing how to overcome it. There are so many children in poverty and a family's structure can effect the outcome. Most of the people who are at the poverty level need some type of help to overcome the obstacles. There are mane issues that deal with poverty and many things that can be done to stop it.
Thus, I agree poverty in America isn’t as horrifying as other countries, it does exist. Therefore, Education is one of the ways out, if the 1 percent helps the community who lives in poverty by donating money to better schools that open up opportunities and prevents children from falling back to poverty. However, people with power need to stop blaming women for poverty, instead, they need to focus on finding a solution to better the country. Overall Haiti’s poverty is worse than America because there isn’t any help from the government. On the other hand, as a nation, we need to focus on our country’s issues before trying to help other countries because the help that is given abroad, worsens the situation for the someone’s who
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... attention allowed economic exploitation in the Congo and its people devastated by human rights abuses, and even today the lack of international attention has caused many conflicts in and around the Congo. The economic exploitation of the Congo during colonial times robbed the country of wealth which could have been used to develop the land, and the lack of wealth has contributed to Congo’s poor standing in the world today. Lastly, the human rights abuses in the Congo Free State contributed to economic and political troubles during the colonial period and has continued into the present day, as human rights abuses are still prevalent in that region of Africa. Due to the lack of international attention, economic exploitation, and human rights abuses, the Congo Free State was harmful to the Congo region of Africa and its legacy continues to harm that region of Africa.
...line were ruined. Transportation costs are very high which seriously hampers small producers’ access to markets. At the height of the conflict, about one third of the country's people were displaced. The chronic financial crisis became severe and the economy was close to collapsing. Poverty became deeper in the rural areas of the Congo where poor people are now powerless, vulnerable and isolated. This is a big contributor to the poverty Congo is experiencing today because little has improved and won’t improve until these problems are fixed.
In regards to race and class in Congo, I will refer to the work of Franz Fanon, in particular his book entitled The Wretched of the Earth. In this book Fanon develops a theory of “dual citizenship” required by the colonizers in order to validate the colonization process. We have to view the movie Lumumba as being part of the anti-colonial discourse in the history of the Congo but also as a historical fiction produced in 21st century France. In viewing this movie, we must locate race and class and the intersection between the two, as this is constantly the case in post-colonial states.
Those living in poverty have a lack of funds to invest in education, thus their schools lack the material and staff to probably train their students for future success. This lack of education is the root cause of poverty, because those with no education can’t compete for higher paying jobs that require basic understanding in subjects like math, such as being an accountant or bank manager. Their lack of education has limited their job opportunities, therefore limiting them from improving their lifestyle. Furthermore, poverty travels from generation to generation like an endless cycle. Also Children living in poverty have a higher number of absenteeism or leave school all together because they are more likely to have to work or care for family members. In addition, Dropout rates of 16 to 24-years-old students who come from low income families are seven times higher than those from families with higher incomes. Also Less than 30% of students in the bottom quarter of incomes enroll in a 4-year school. Among those less than 50% graduate from college(Dosomething). The lack of education and training for well-paying jobs inhabits these people from ever escaping the cycle of poverty. However, the reason many of these people lack the required education is simply that they can’t afford to attend school or earn a degree. Therefore, this allows them to only have jobs that offer little benefit, and
Poverty is perpetuated by the lack of resources and the lack of knowledge of hidden rules. These two factors keep the cycle of poverty going and until resources are reallocated and partnerships and communities are brought together with knowledge, the youth will continue to suffer and keep it going. As educators, the ability to enlighten students on these rules and to help form partnerships within impoverished communities through seeking help from various networks will be a great starting point to helping correct the plight of poverty and the children suffering from it.
Robbins, Chatterjee, and Canda (2012) describes empowerment as the process of gaining power by accessing resources that will permit people to control the situations in their life (p.
Poverty is an undeniable problem in America. In 2014, 14.8 percent of the United States was in poverty (“Hunger and Poverty Fact Sheet”). There are more people in the United States than it seems that do not have their basic necessities. In an
What is poverty? Well, according to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, poverty is "lack of money or material possessions; poor." Two-thirds of the world's population fits this definition. I know that many times we think of being poor as not being able to buy the car we want or take the trip we can only dream about. However, being poor, living in poverty, hits a lot lower than that. For example, a resident of the country of Chad will only bring in $100 each year. Since many people can make more than that in one week, some in one day, can you imagine having the feed a family of five or six, or even a family of two, on only $100 a year? These are the conditions that exist in poverty-stricken countries.
In conclusion, sometimes actions take place that changes a person’s outlook on life and as you can see poverty is one that can have a huge effect on not only one person, but also the people around him/ her.
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