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This 3 page paper discusses Ruby Payne's thoughts about generational and situational poverty. The essay begins with some data regarding poverty in the U.S. The two categories of poverty are then outlined and discussed. The writer also comments on which type of poverty would be the most difficult to overcome. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of people in unrelated subfamilies, and 20.4 percent of unrelated individuals are below the poverty line (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004). The highest proportions in terms of age is children under
the age of 5 (20.3 percent) and women over the age of 65 living alone (20.4 percent) (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004). The rates are much higher for minorities, 22.5 percent
of all Hispanics and 24.4 percent of all Blacks (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004). This is a sad commentary for the nation that is heralded as the richest nation in the
world. Dr. Ruby Payne defines poverty not just as a lack of income but as a lack of all resources, including emotional, physical, spiritual and role models (Payne, 2001). Payne
also includes the lack of knowledge about hidden rules as a factor of poverty (Payne, 2001). For example, hidden rules in generational poverty include noise, like the TV being on
all the time, the reliance on nonverbal language over verbal and the high value placed on ones ability to entertain others (Payne, 2001). She identifies two categories of poverty: 1.
Generational where two or more generations of the same family have lived in poverty (Payne, 2001). Generational poverty becomes a matter of habit, it becomes cyclical (Payne, 2001). 2. Situational
where poverty is sudden and brought on by an event, such as a divorce, loss of job, catastrophic illness, death or other circumstances that drive the individual or family into
poverty (Payne, 2001). Payne says that poverty, among other things, is related to existing social relationships (2001). Relationships become the most important aspect in generational poverty, thus, it is very
difficult to leave (Payne, 2001). To leave poverty, an individual must also leave the poverty-culture relationships developed within that group (Payne, 2001). While individuals facing situational poverty maintain their middle-class
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