WOW. All I can say is WOW. The current US poverty statistics really overwhelmed me. I cannot believe that compared to adults, children are more poor. This really breaks my heart to see this statistic. My conclusion is that the parents made these children this way, because they are only children. Children cannot help themselves yet. They are not adults. At least the poverty rate of the elderly was the least. You can tell I have a really soft spot of children and the elderly.
Something I learned in this session is that each year, the poverty rate increases, but ALOT, in my opinion. There is a correlation between poverty and African Americans. African Americans have the highest poverty rate. There is also a correlation between poverty and Hispanics. Hispanics follow closely behind African Americans in poverty.
There are four categories of serious and critical hardships and they are: food insecurity, insufficient health care, housing problems, and inadequate child care. The difference between serious and critical hardship is that critical hardship is more critical.
The film Down and Out in America showed me that sometimes, it is not that person's fault for being poor. In the film, the African American lady had a college degree and a job, but once one thing happens, it is like a domino effect.
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