Overt Racism

It is impossible for a system to be developed without the encompassment of the creators’ ideology. Everything that is developed by humans will inevitably have their set of beliefs engrained in whatever system they create. This statement stays true to form when observing the system in which welfare is dispensed in the United States. In a nation that was developed by and for the white male, a majority of systems in the United States have been developed solely with their intentions in mind. Racism is one of the oldest and most widespread ideologies that continues to plague society. It is clear that racist ideology is engrained and continues to develop in the dispersal of welfare in the United States.

With the dispersal of welfare, came the United

With the development of an organized system of government assistance, came a new form of racism and prejudice manifested with keeping an overwhelming amount of black Americans poor and financially illiterate. The welfare program put in place result in the ability for policy makers to continue to oppress minority groups without being accused of overt racism. This systematic oppression has gone undetected and continued to enforce ideas that were supposedly diminished with the abolishment of Jim Crow south. While the North American welfare system may be masked with notions of good intention, it is underlined with decades of systematic racism.

It is imperative to have a clear understanding of systematic racism when evaluating the dispensing of welfare tin the United States. This form of racism manifested with the development of more complex political organization and widespread organizations. With momentous shifts in the expressed attitude towards race. Individuals that maintained the same archaic

The development of welfare policy creates a systematic dependency that is forcing recipients to rely on welfare as a necessity to have a This agenda is accomplished by adjusting the line of poverty to the point where an individual must maintain a lower paying job in order to still qualify for benefits. The Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly analyzed the decisions confronting individuals and families enrolled in various government welfare programs. A single mother with two children ages 1 and 4 earning $15,000 a year through work would be eligible for government benefits (such as Medicaid, housing vouchers and subsidized day care) equivalent to roughly an additional $35,000. Situations such as the presented above force individuals the settle for a lower paying in order to keep benefits that are more that double that of their yearly income. Even the slightest raise in income would result in a loss of welfare and then a loss of the majority of valuable resources coming into the family. With 73% of black children being born into single parent families, it is clear what demographic is being largely affected by the development of the poverty entrapment. By forcing mother of minority groups to choose between losing benefits and slightly increasing her paycheck, the current system of welfare is forcing minority groups to stay enrolled