The Poor.

The reading was very interesting in the way that it helped me learn to view poverty in a different way. It helped me understand the way people of all kinds function in society. It helped me understand my function as well. Coming from traditional spanish background into a new more open minded country like the united states is very confusing and curious. I always judged those less fortunate than myself as lazy or just bad people when in reality sometimes it's not their fault. The poor stay poor because the dominate powerful group of society want to keep them there. Maybe to not share their rich and plentiful resources or maybe because some just like to see people struggle to live. It's a sick and beautiful world we live in, a balance beam, the sides must even out. We need people as sanitation workers so the powerful offer a decent if not more than decent wage for the service and they accept you even if you don't have an education. Most of the neighborhoods we live in are ranked according to their businesses, schools, parks, etc... so most poor people lack a good education because the areas they live in are not good. It's frustrating because ultimately there's a possibility that the world might not change in my lifetime, it could, but it won't. I understand that everyone as unequal as it is, there's still a purpose.