Poverty and Inequality in the US

"Alcoholism on Pine Ridge, although liquor is banned on the reservation, is estimated to be as high as eighty percent" pg 3  "A society that believed in the twisted notion of regeneration through violence" pg 10  "The infant morality rate is five times the national average. The teen suicide average is four times the national average" pg 17

Introduce “Days of Theft” and explain how it appeals to its readers. You should have at least 2-3 different paragraphs.  Days of Theft appeals to readers because it is explaining real world problems that occurred back then and the same real word problems that are still happening today. When the author explains how those problems were back than we can compare to how those problems are happening today, and compare then and now to see if any of those problems have changed. This book also brings up money and we can see a clear change in how money has changed today and how things cost an incredible amount more than it used to. It gives us a look back how life used to be, and the language is clear so that the audience can understand what is happening, and there is no guessing. It is very real .  Some real world examples that Days of Theft use is alcoholism, verbal, sexual, and physical abuse, divorce, money, and murder. Back then in this society there was a lot of ...

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/us-higher-education-at-risk-from-trump-immigration-policies-usc.html This article talks about how when international students come to the US, the concern for them to stay here and keep jobs is in danger because of Donold Trumps immigration policies. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/02/20/arrests-undocumented-immigrants-boston-percent/6JXkdwmyXFGRaD4VJe2tEL/story.html This article talks about how arrest have gone up in Boston after Donold Trump had his administration targeting criminals if they looked like were violating immigration laws. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/20/gop-senator-suggests-we-need-fewer-immigrants-because-robots-are-coming/?utm_term=.3d9eaf0df5ae This article talks about how senator Tom Cotton believes we shouldn't allow undocumented immigrants here because "robots are going to take all the jobs".

Introduce “Days of Theft” and explain how it appeals to its readers. You should have at least 2-3 different paragraphs.  "Days of Theft" appeals to readers because it talks about a lot of problems that still occur in today's society, This book has talked about rape, alcoholism, poverty, and domestic violence. It has not gone into any deep detail about all of these problems, but it mentions that these are problems and it occurred back then and it still occurs today.  This book also appeals to its readers by having the story told by someone who has talked to people who have gone through all of those things and experienced them first hand. The author is seeing the places the people are describing and listening to their stories. The author gives descriptions of the people and uses a lot of background knowledge and examples in his writing to make sure his audience understands what he is referring too. 

When talking about inequality as writers, we should consider what type of inequality we are talking about, such as economic inequality, opportunity inequality, political inequality, etc. We should also consider who the audience is going to be so as writers we can communicate to how our audience is going to best understand what we write. We have to consider all view points, and consider the feelings of the audience. It's best to have facts that back up what we're saying, so that we know what we're saying about inequality is correct.  Writing about inequality challenges us to rely on rhetorical skills by making sure we use to correct word choices with what we are communicating, and setting a tone that is best for what we're writing. 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/13/us/tukwila-police-ice-detain-trnd/index.html In this article it tells about how an undocumented immigrant called 911 because someone was breaking into his house, but ended up being turned into    US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It explains why undocumented immigrants may fear calling for help. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/13/deportation-stay-granted-father-son-cancer/332321002/ In this article it talks about how a father was going to be deported on Feburary 12th 2018 back to mexico but because his 5 year old son has cancer, ICE has granted him a 1 year stay of deportation.  https://theintercept.com/2018/02/11/ice-schools-immigrant-students-ms-13-long-island/ This is a story about a boy who kept getting trouble at school, such as getting into fist fights and when the authorities got involved it turned into a criminal charge because the 17 year old boy was undocumented. 

I like to write because I am a shy person, so being able to express myself through writing is easier for  me    My favorite place to write is in my dorm, and the library I write when I am stressed, and I also write when I get an assignment from a teacher The forms of writing that come natural to me is narrative writing and persuasive writing  My favorite time to write is in the morning

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2018/02/the-race-gap-in-u-s-prisons-is-glaring-and-poverty-is-making-it-worse/ This article looks at the issue on race gap in prisons and how most of these black men have low income. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-california-poverty-20180114-story.html This article explains why in California one out of five residents is poor when California's state per-capita GDP had increased relatively twice as much as the U.S average over the five years ending in 2016.  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/poverty-segregation-persist-in-u-s-schools-report-says This article talks about how poverty and segregation still happen in schools today and schools who are poorer and have more black and Latino students receive less money than other middle class schools.