Notes

i You are an African American woman, which happens to be the ethnic group the most commonly affected by poverty Within the United States. In fact, as high as 29% of black women were estimated to be below the poverty level compared to 17% for American women as a whole. From your own inSider pomt of View, why do you think that is the case?

What forms of soc1al injustices do you think has affected you the most and why?

Briefly, what have you had to go through over the years when your money was the tightest? . With your experience, why do you think being a woman makes poverty harder?

. What do you believe to be the biggest reason behind your financial struggles”

. Only eight years ago in the United Kingdom, 23% of those that have participated in a

survey about the explanation as to why they thought some mdividuals live in need answered that it was due to “laziness or a lack of wrllpower [to get a Job]? How do you

believe such stigmatization around poverty is a nuisance?

Say you were in power to do so, how would you change the structural system of society in hopes of shrinking the poverty rates?

. Do you believe that there are any benefiCial functions of poverty for somety’.’