There were a couple of things that came to mind when I read about insular poverty. Insular poverty is when everyone in a certain area is poor. The first thought that came to mind was New Orleans. When Hurricane Katrina hit all of the people of New Orleans were left with nothing. Those who were more fortunate were able to get out of New Orleans. Those with less money had no choice, but to stay in New Orleans and wait to be rescued. The people here ended up poor because of a natural disaster.
The city of Detroit also came to my mind while reading about insular poverty. In my Honors 1000 course we have been spending a lot of time learning about why Detroit is the city it is today. One of the main issues brought up is poverty. While reading, many of the issues that were brought up were a lack of education, jobs, and malnutrition. Detroit is going through a hard time when it comes to poverty. I learned in my class that 48% of children in Detroit go to bed hungry. That is almost half of the city. This is a city that has insular poverty.
There were some very good points brought up in the reading. Galbraith did a good job of classifying between the two types of poverties. Poverty is a very important issue that is affecting our community. Galbraith also named some ways that poverty can be reduced. There are many steps that need to be taken to better our community.
2 comments:
You thought of some great examples of Insular Poverty. The facts about the city of Detroit and how many children go to bed hungry is just one of the few ways that insular poverty affects people.
I agree with you that Detroit and New Orleans are examples of insular poverty because the majority of these city's are suffering bad with no chase of ever getting back on track to where they were in the past
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