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Tag Archives: Lower-Class
Right In Front of Us
While it seems a lot of my friends are concerned about all the scandals going on in Washington, something is happening right in front of us that very few people notice, much less discuss, and that is the injustice aimed … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, Economy
Tagged Biblical Justice, Capitalism, Injustice, Justice, Lower-Class, Middle-Class, Poor, Poverty, Social Justice, social justice issues
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Growing Up in Poverty
One of the assignments I give out in my sociology classes is to watch documentary about poverty in the United States called, The Line. After watching the documentary the students are asked to submit a 2 page summary of what they saw … Continue reading
Posted in Poverty
Tagged current-events, generational poverty, Justice, Lower-Class, Poor, Poverty, poverty line, Understanding Poverty
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A Lack of Knowledge About Hidden Rules
This is part 9 in a series on poverty, following Dr. Ruby Payne’s 8 basic resources that people in poverty lack. Here is a link to part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, and part 8. A simple definition of poverty … Continue reading
Posted in Poverty
Tagged A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Biblical Justice, current-events, Dr. Ruby Payne, generational poverty, Justice, Lower-Class, Middle-Class, politics, Poor, Poverty, poverty line, religion, situational poverty, Social Justice, social justice issues, Understanding Poverty, Upper-Class
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A Lack of Relationships / Role Models
This is part 8 in a series on poverty, following Dr. Ruby Payne’s 8 basic resources that people in poverty lack. Here is a link to part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, and part 7. … Continue reading
A Lack of Mental Resources
This is part 4 in a series on poverty, following Dr. Ruby Payne’s 8 basic resources that people in poverty lack. Here is a link to part 1, part 2, and part 3. A simple definition of poverty is a lack of basic resources … Continue reading
A Lack of Financial Resources
This is part 2 in a series on poverty, following Dr. Ruby Payne’s 8 basic resources that people in poverty lack. Here is a link to part 1. A simple definition of poverty is a lack of basic resources that … Continue reading
Who Are the Poor? (part 2)
I did not intend to write a part two, but since my last blog, I have been thinking more and more about the question, Who are the poor? As stated in part 1, the poor are the people in our … Continue reading
Spiritual Stratification
Every culture every society every group of people rank the members of their culture, society, or group into some sort of hierarchy. This ranking of categories of people is called social stratification. As a result, every culture, every society, and … Continue reading
Floods of Justice 