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
