The Working Poor: Invisible in America is not a book of answer it is a book of questions born of insight. I was once on Section 8 housing and disability and even still I never knew true poverty. My lights, phone, water were always on paid and kept up to date. I managed my tiny monthly check so well, I eventually qualified for a low interest national department store credit card. I did not have even a basic /5(). The Working Poor: Invisible in America David K. Shipler is a book that could be most accurately described as eye-opening. Shipler opens up the book on his claim that “nobody who works hard should be poor in America.”. America is built upon the idea that the harder one works, the better off one will be. Shipler then goes on to explain how the poor, often times, work the hardest jobs and are put into the . The Working Poor: Invisible in America is not a book of answer it is a book of questions born of insight. I was once on Section 8 housing and disability and even still I never knew true poverty. My lights, phone, water were always on paid and kept up to date. I managed my tiny monthly check so well, I eventually qualified for a low interest national department store credit card. I did not have even a basic Cited by:
"It is time to be ashamed," concludes David Shipler at the end of The Working Poor, an indispensable survey of the forgotten millions who toil around or below the poverty line. The shame, in this. The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler Chapter 6: Sins of the Fathers Summary and Questions by APU Faculty Roman Dial SUMMARY Chapter 6, "Sins of the Fathers," describes the intergenerational problems passed on among the poor. It begins with a description of sexual abuse within families, and particularly foster families. The working poor: invisible in America by Shipler, David K., With pointed recommendations for change that challenge Republicans and Democrats alike, The Working Poor stands to make a difference"--Page 4 of cover Access-restricted-item true Addeddate Boxid IA Boxid_2 CH
David K. Shipler is a former New York Times correspondent and a Pulitzer Prizewinner who has authored nonfiction books on global politics, civil liberties, and racial inequality. He wrote the national bestseller The Working Poor: Invisible in America. The book’s aim is to discover, analyze, and expose the lives of the people who do work that is essential to America’s comfort and prosperity but who do not share in it. David K. Shipler. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, - Social Science - pages. 15 Reviews. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Arab and Jew, an intimate portrait unfolds. The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler Chapter 6: Sins of the Fathers Summary and Questions by APU Faculty Roman Dial SUMMARY Chapter 6, “Sins of the Fathers,” describes the intergenerational problems passed on among the poor. It begins with a description of sexual abuse within families, and particularly foster families.
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