Monday, February 29, 2016

Big White Ghettos


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

  • $25 per hour

 

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

  • Drug dealers, drunks, jobless people

 

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

  • Because the majority of the people that live there are white and it’s a rundown filthy place

 

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

  • Welfare program keep some people from trying

 

The author suggests that “poverty is the natural condition of the human animal.”

 

How does Pepsi play into this?

  • They sometimes use Pepsi and other items as payment (currency)

 

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

  • Pepsi is used as currency
  • There are white ghettos
  • People use their kids to get money from the government
  • If you live in these kinds of areas you have a risk of dying sooner
  • The coal mining industry is moving

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