Social Injustices: Social Class, Poverty, and Health

 Social Injustices: Social Class, Poverty, & Health

Living in poverty is something that many do not really understand the consequences of what can happen to a person. For example in the materials for the week we get an insight of what the damages of a child living in poverty can face health wise. Many people will think of living in poverty as just living without making as much money as other people. There are more factors to think about in these situations that many do not understand. Living in poverty does not only affect the children's health but the adults as well. If the adults in the household are struggling it makes it so much more difficult for them to meet their children's needs. In the video Unnatural Causes: is Inequality Making Us Sick? it is stated that we live shorter and sicker lives than in any industrialized country, rank 30th in life expectancy, and a higher percentage of death rate for babies in their first year of life.   

One more think I would want to mention is the Class distinction in the U.S from the Social Class & Poverty PowerPoint. I says that less than 1% makes up the upper-upper class, 2% make up the lower-upper. Moving on to the middle class about 40% of the population make up this class. We have 30% in the working class. Finally we get to the lower class which makes up about 27%. Even though some of the lower class are working 13% of them are in the working poor category while 14% are underclass/permanent poor. It makes me wonder why is it so difficult to get more people in the upper class and why is there such a big difference in the categories. 

Some ways to address the poverty crisis is definitely expanding the access to affordable healthcare for those who are in low-income communities. We also need to talk about the minimum wage and find the amount that people should be making to be able to live without having to live paycheck to paycheck and worry about how they are going to put food on the table or even pay for their other necessities. Investing in housing, education, and providing more resources to help people live healthier lives.

Unnatural causes. (n.d.). https://unk.yuja.com/V/Video?v=8921840&node=38548821&a=113996505&autoplay=1 

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