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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

What is Poverty?

Poverty: (noun) The state or condition of having little or no money goods or means of supposrt; condition of being poor.

Synonyms: neediness, destitutuon, indigence, pauperism, penury.

Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.

Answer the following questions using complete sentences and support your answers with examples and details:

Where do you see poverty in your community?
 I may not see or know people under the line of poverty, but there are many I'm not aware of. Especially in the community I live in.

Think about the facts and statistics we discussed. What did you already know?
 I basically already knew what the statistics showed. Categories are broken down into race and ethnicity and those with "less reputaions" (Latinos and Blacks), had higher rates of people in poverty.

What suprises you? 
Over time, you'll think statistics would decrease. They in fact showed otherwise.