Social welfare:Final Presentation

Emmanuel Chanelo

Research Question…Does race play a major role in whether

people believe that the government has a responsibility in providing jobs to ensure basic standard of living?

Literature Review The following articles support my belief that race

does play a major role in whether people believe that the government has a responsibility in providing a basic standard of living. The systematic oppression and restrictions minorities have had to endure throughout history have caused many disadvantages for minorities today. As a result this has set them back economically and educationally; these limits were then passed on to many generations after them. This in turn supports my belief that certain race groups will feel that the government should be responsible for providing a basic standard of living due to past living experiences.

Race and Public HousingRace and Public Housing

This article talks about racial segregation when it comes to different neighborhoods. Many cities build low income housing, which are redlined areas for those who are impoverished. The article also touches base on the negative effects that can result when living in poverty; this in turn will play a factor on a child’s education. Many of these neighborhoods are so poor that the funding for the schools is very low, making it very unfair for students to have equal opportunities. This then creates a gap between those in poverty and those in the upper class.

This article talks about the progress that schools have made throughout the years. It also talks about how children who live in low income families are more likely to drop out than those who live in higher income families. Being that the schools in better neighborhoods are better than ones in low income neighborhoods, white students do significantly better than minority students.

The Good- and the Not-So-Good- News about American Schools

Family, Race, and Poverty in the Eighties

This article talks about the opportunities that the 1960’s Civil Rights movement provided for the African American community. Later in the 70’s, the gap between the Whites and Blacks widened. The article introduces two structural models that helps explain how the gap between the whites and blacks emerged.

1. Structural Model– “increasing isolation of residents from mainstream social institutions”

2. Cultural Model– “family as a villain—assigns the cause of the growing underclass to the structure of the family”

Chance of a Lifetime

This article talks about how negative living conditions can have an effect on a child’s life. Living in impoverished neighborhood can cause health risks and behavioral problems. This can often lead to truancy and delinquent behavior. Living in such a difficult living environment can effect a child’s ability to learn and study at home.

Growing Up Poor: Examining the Link the Between Persistent Childhood Poverty and Delinquency This article talks about the relationship between

poverty and delinquency. Many people believe that for those living in poverty, “crime is seen as the only opportunity for achieving a higher level of socioeconomic status. Second, some people living in poverty turn to crime as a means of surviving.” These people living in poverty feel as though crime is the only way to get the basic needs that they need in order to get through life.

Works Cited Jarjoura, G. Roger, Triplett, A. Ruth and Brinker, Gregory P.

Growing Up Poor: Examining the Link between Persistent Childhood Poverty and Delinquency. Journal of Quantitative

Criminology, Vol. 18, No. 2 (June 2002), pp. 159-187. Published by: Springer

“The Good – and the Not-So-Good – News About American Schools." Center on National Education Policy, 1996. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

Rothstein, Richard. ”Race and Public Housing." Economic Policy Institute. N.p., 17 Dec. 2012. Web. 04 Dec. 2013.

Shelter, E. "Chance of a Lifetime: The Impact of Bad Housing on Children's Lives." N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

Zinn, Maxine Baca. "Family, Race, and Poverty in the Eighties." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 14.4

(1989): 856. Web.

Data Analysis…In my lab I used… Data from Lab 2- U.S Catholic opinions about

welfare programs Focusing on questions:

29. The Government should guarantee jobs to ensure basic standard of living

33. Poverty is due to circumstances beyond ones control

34. The poor want to get ahead as much as everyone else

Steps…

1. Clean up all data found from all three sources

2. Highlight the questions needed for lab, those being 29, 33, and 34.

3. Based on data from lab 2, I made a pivot table, dragging race into the row labels and question #29 into the columns and values

4. Then I renamed the numbers to strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, and strongly disagree.

5. Then I got Rid of blanks

6. Then I right clicked on the table, chose show values as, and chose % of row total.

7. Then I made a bar graph of the data

Then I did the same steps for questions 33 and 34

My thoughts…