Course Blog for Soc 3151: Social Issues and Social Policy at Baruch College
So in class we were talking about the media’s role on poor people and in general- sadly in some aspects the media does play a major role in our lives because they want to get a great story to attract viewers but they don’t always give us the real facts. So I decided to do [...]
I found an interesting article in NY times about the number of people on welfare is declining even though we are in a recession.
So in “Let them eat Ketchup” I thought it was interesting how she refered to those women on welfare as”welfare Queens” because these women are never going to get off the system- insteasd of using this system as a stepping stone they just make it their lives. Another interseting point that the author made was [...]
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