Class and Poverty Flashcard

According to the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF; 2010), how often is a child born into poverty in the U.S.?

According to the Center for American Progress, what proportion of U.S. citizens will live at least one year of their lives in poverty?

Most poor people in the U.S. live (Sherman, 2006):

Which sorts of areas in the U.S. are seeing the greatest increases in poverty rates?

One in ten white children in the U.S. is poor according to the CDF (2008). What proportion of Latino children in the U.S. is poor?

According to a study sponsored by the Pew Research Center (Tayler et al., 2010), the median wealth of white households in the U.S. is how many times larger than that of African American households?

According to the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH, 2009), what proportion of homeless men in the U.S. are military veterans?

According to wealth analysis group WealthInsight (as referenced by Rushe, 2012), during President Barack Obama’s first term in office, the number of millionaires in the United States

Identify the source of this quote: “We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifices. Capitalism was built on the exploitation of black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor, both black and white, both here and abroad.”

In low-poverty U.S. schools, one out of every nine courses is taught by a teacher who is not certified to teach it. In high-poverty schools the proportion is: one in nine, one in six, one in four