Poverty And Children

Poverty And Children

Dizzi’s Sociological Issue
Dizzi Sturdivant
University of Phoenix

Dizzi’s Sociological Issue
Poverty is an issue that is witnessed and felt even in the borders of the wealthiest countries. The poverty stricken people are left hungry, sick, and uneducated. Poverty is not a jumble of numbers and statistics but rather human beings, the smallest are the children. The children’s’ health, education, home life, and future are affected.
Race
From the data collected by Southern Education, F. (2010), majority of the children in districts with high percentages of non-Caucasian population are experiencing higher levels of poverty. The poverty stricken schools have a percentage rate of primarily African American (43.4 percent) and Hispanic (34.4 percent Two-thirds of the more than 8.8 million students enrolled in districts where 1 out of every 10 children is extremely poor were African American or Hispanic. This implies that race is a factor of poverty. This can be explained because of the fact that for years the issue of racism caused the races to be separated and those of color were looked down upon. So Caucasians have been able to increase their wealth.
Home life
When a child is brought up in poverty, their home life is fraught with uncertainty. While uncertainty is an emotion that not only poor children feel, it is one that they may be more familiar with. The uncertainty stems from not understanding why they do not have enough to eat, why their clothes are ill-fitting or hand-me-downs, or even if they will have a place to live next month.
The home life may also be filled with violence. The child may witness violence against their siblings, themselves, or their parents, which is mostly their mothers, for according to Domestic Violence. (n.d.), 95% of the abused partners are women. The violence can cause the child, depending upon their age, to experience night terrors, bedwetting, aggression, guilt, lack of sleep, hyper awareness of their surroundings, and may...