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This 22 page paper examines this 1992 article that focuses on the author's experiences growing up on Welfare. Several controversies are examined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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I Get Here." It was controversial at the time, and today, the ideas that emanate from the writing also cause controversy. That black women are kept from achieving what their
white counterparts have no trouble doing is alarming, but is it true? Are black women today still stereotyped? Has Welfare truly been helpful to the black community in America, and
how do things stand today? Finally, is the American Dream alive for black women? Is it alive at all? So many questions loom in todays struggling economy. That black
women have difficulties still is hardly argued, but it may be said that the stereotype perpetuated through the 1990s is perhaps gone. At least, it has fizzled. It is important
to note that it has not completely disappeared. It was recently reported that presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made reference to the fact that black Americans should seek work rather than
demanding food stamps (Trice, 2012). It is a statement that is a throwback to an earlier time, and it is true that the candidate is older and perhaps out of
touch, but it is nonetheless indicative of a myth that persists in America. The international view has never been quite so
harsh. It seems that America has a peculiar form of racism that continues to exist, but it is hidden under a veil of promises and denials. There is racism today
in American society and that is difficult to dispute. Also, a minority of people continue to perpetuate the Welfare myths that had plagued the nation some decades ago. Yet, it
should be said that despite the fact that stereotypes are dangerous, and despite the fact that they are no longer even accurate, Brays (1992) inquiry into the subject is based
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