Urban Poverty

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According to Curley, for many years poverty has been a developing problem worldwide. Many individuals have questioned as to why poverty even exists and how long has poverty actually been around. In today’s society urban neighborhoods are mostly classified as poverty stricken areas. This is because it mostly populated with African American and Hispanics. Many believe that jobless individuals, females being head of household, segregation and crime are all contributing facts to poverty. (Curley 2005) In what terms can the phrase “culture of poverty” be defined? Many individuals live within their means of what they can actually afford. Poverty can be seen as a norm passed down from generation to generation. Government officials have criticized …show more content…

There is a significant amount of reasons for a theorist to focus on those three main points because of residential segregation. Society has categorized how one is even considered for a job by using the zip code in which they reside. This is also becoming a problem within the educational system. As it relates to housing many blacks are often receiving public housing. Since public housing is located mostly in very low poverty stricken areas that house mostly African Americans. By locating public housing in those areas, they are separating the blacks, Hispanics’ and whites. By doing so, it is also resulting in limitations. Blacks are only limited to what is around them due to lack of transportation and only limiting them to their own kind. …show more content…

They feel that it is the only functioning way of life. They see no need to set goals for their selves because no one is encouraging them differently. Kids believe that they have to set a name for their selves within the community and social media. They feel the need to have social power but lack the need for the educational power to overcome a horrible situation. Without the greater need to receive an education it gives the government a reason to continue putting blacks into categories. However, blacks are not the only individuals living within urban stricken areas. Regardless, that many whites are not in urban areas there are some who existed within those areas. However, they don 't look down on them as much as they do blacks because government officials see them as social support for the areas. (Pp.103-104) When the public housing act was formed it was meant to help working families. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case because public housing now is helping those who are in dispersed need of a home. Many taxpayers have questioned the government decisions on changing the policy. Blacks are not the only individuals who receive public housing, but many white working families moved out of public housing because they refuse to deal with the behaviors that blacks display. Without working families in public housing, it brought

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