SOCW 2003 Walden University The Story We Tell About Poverty Discussion Questions
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THE STORY WE TELL ABOUT POVERTY
Many people view poverty as a circumstance of oneàown making. Consider this reasoning: Homeless people must not have worked hard enough, tried hard enough, or conformed to society enough. They did it to themselves. Is this perspective accurate, or is it just another way to separate out the worthy and the unworthy?
In this weekàresources, you hear activist Mia Birdsong examine the prevailing story society tells about poverty, how it needs to be adjusted, and how this adjustment could lead to societal change. For this Assignment, you reflect on the story of poverty that you know.
TO PREPARE:
Watch the Mia Birdsong video listed in the Learning Resources.
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you:
- Identify two societal beliefs of the poor presented in the video.
- Explain the speakeràstrategy for addressing poverty.
- Apply the speakeràstrategy to a social work interaction you have had or have read about.
- Determine whether you agree or disagree with the presenteràpremise, and explain why. LEARNING RESOURCES
Required Readings - Stern, M.J., & Axinn, J. (2018). Social welfare: A history of American response to need (9th ed.). Pearson Education.
- Chapter 3, (e Pre-Civil War Period: 1776-1860(pp. 34-38)
- Hansen, H., Bourgois, P., & Drucker, E. (2014). Pathologizing poverty: New forms of diagnosis, disability, and structural stigma under welfare reform Links to an external site.. Social Science & Medicine, 103, 763.
- Michailakis, D., & Schirmer, W. (2014). Social work and social problems: A contribution from systems theory and constructionism Links to an external site.. International Journal of Social Welfare, 23(4), 43142.
- Mitchell, D. (2011). Homelessness, American style Links to an external site.. Urban Geography, 32(7), 933u6.
Required Media
- Birdsong, M. (2015, May). Mia Birdsong: The story we tell about poverty isn true Links to an external site.[Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/mia_birdsong_the_story_we..
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