Perspectives on American Poverty

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Over the past few decades, governmental aid to the poor has increasingly reflected changes in U.S. population statistics and demographics. As welfare rolls began to reveal higher numbers of non-white recipients, negative attitudes toward the poor escalated. Consequently, poor people in the U.S. have suffered accusations of immorality, laziness and lack of work ethic. This paper refutes the notion that the poor are responsible for the social and economic problems they have encountered. Sociocultural, political, and economic factors have each contributed to the hardships faced by the poor in America.

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"As America moved from an agricultural based society to an industrial base, urban centers grew from an influx of rural labor. De-industrialization has resulted in another influx of laborers into metropolitan areas, only to find chronic unemployment and economic segregation into undesirable and impoverished neighborhoods."

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