Monday, February 29, 2016

White Ghetto


What does the average coal miner make (wages per hour)?

  • $25/hour

Who are some types of people a person might find in the big, “White Ghetto.”

  • Uneducated poor families

Why do you think the author calls it the “Big White Ghetto.”

  • Because the white population is so high and low income

What does the author suggests “keeps the underclass in place?”

  • Welfare

The author suggests that “poverty is the natural condition…”

  • Of the Human Animal

How does Pepsi play into this?

  • Let people mess with the their product

List five things/facts you took away from this article.

  • Take their child or children out of school to get benefits
  •  People try to get other people sign up for fake programs
  • Westward moving coal mining industry
  • Early death in said areas.
  • Owsley County - 150% unemployment rate

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