Based on what you know about poverty and racism, what predictions could you make about Miguel?
I think that he and his family is going to try to go to california but since they are poor they will have a really hard time. The family will also be having a harder time in school because people are being racist and cruel to him and he will have problems in school. If they go to california, their poverty will hit them more and they will have to live in barracks like Panchito and his family.
I think that he and his family is going to try to go to california but since they are poor they will have a really hard time. The family will also be having a harder time in school because people are being racist and cruel to him and he will have problems in school. If they go to california, their poverty will hit them more and they will have to live in barracks like Panchito and his family.
Mueller Charter Leadership Academy
Struggle: Specifically poverty and racism is multidimensional and has implications that can harm us.
Alondra Jauregui
Mr.Medina
Humanities Q7
3-6-14
Struggle: Specifically poverty and racism is multidimensional and has implications that can harm us.
Alondra Jauregui
Mr.Medina
Humanities Q7
3-6-14
Struggle can be defined as, “to contend resolutely with a task or problem.” Some may imply that struggle has a
positive impact. It can make a person push themselves to finish their works and make them work harder. Others
argue that struggle is hurtful. Much exploration has been experimented on this topic. This essay will argue that
other than what some believe, struggle, specifically poverty and racism, is multidimensional and has implications
that can harm us.
Struggles are multidimensional. We can examine this in Breaking Through. For example, one of the
struggles Panchito experiences is undocumented (See Figure 1). This struggle causes him to have fear and be
deported. Some examples from the text that provide evidence of his fear is when he says, “ As I got older my fear
of getting deported grew” (Pg.2). And also, “ I lived in constant fear for ten long years” (Pg.1). An example from
the text provides evidence of him getting deported is when he says, “Yes, they caught us” (Pg.4). All in all
struggles are multidimensional.
Along the lines of struggle being multidimensional, we can also examine and explore its implications. Using
Breaking Through as an example again, we see that Panchito struggles with poverty. Poverty affects Panchito with
education, health, treatment, and living conditions. There are examples in the book of these four pieces of poverty.
The example for education is, “ Every year Roberto and I missed months of school to help mama and papa in the
fields” (pg. 7). The example for health is, “ A hundred pounds and four feet eleven inches, you’re a bit small for your
age” (pg.13). The third example, which is for treatment is when some one said that he stank like a Mexican because
he had garlic on his arm. My last example, which is for living conditions, is that they had to live in barracks. All in all,
the entire book, Breaking Through, has examples of why struggle is multidimensional.
In addition to, Breaking Through, there are implications of poverty on health found in other sources. The
website, http://blog.oup.com/2013/11/poverty-public-health-united-states/, that argued, if you are poor you are more
likely to be obese, if you are poor you don’t get enough healthy food and the nutrients, and if you are poor you are
more likely to be addicted to cigarettes. Secondly, in the same website, it said, that if you are poor you are less
likely to have adequate knowledge about threats to your health and to the health of your family members. It is less
likely to know how to navigate or complex health care from providers who are sensitive to your needs. Then, it
states, “ If you are poor, you are more likely to live in communities with hazardous outdoor and indoor air pollution.
Your children are more likely to have elevated lead levels and resultant problems such as lower IQ sores and reading
levels, attention deficits and behavioral problems.” (Barry S. Levy, 2013) Lastly, the website, stated, “ If you are
poor, you are more likely to develop many illnesses, more likely to become injured, more likely to become disabled,
and more likely to die early. You are less likely to have access to high-quality medical care – or any medical care at
all- and less likely to have access to preventive services.” All in all, there are implications of poverty in other
sources.
There are implications on the web that have examples on poverty in education. For example in the book
Hunger Games poverty affects education. How? Because Katniss’s sister, prim, does not go to school because she
has to work to make money. Another example, children living in poverty have a higher number of absenteeism or
leave school all together because they are more likely to have to work or care for family members. My last example
is in the book The Outsiders. Poverty affects one’s social relationship with the rich people and causes one to kill the
other and when they run away an individual misses months of school. Overall, there are many more examples on
the web that show poverty on education.
Poverty on living conditions can also be found in the web. As a example, the website,
http://www.habitat.org/how/poverty.aspx, it said, without a place to live where someone feels safe and can survive,
people cannot be constructive members of our society. If people don’t have proper homes and living conditions then
children and families cannot flourish and learn and sometimes they wont be happy. Another example come from the
website http://ww.irle.berkley.edu/publications/livingfam.html states that people who are poor are always in danger.
They have twice the crimes where they live and most likely to be injured. But single parent families are more likely
to have triple more, meaning having more crimes. My last example comes from
http://ww.irle.berkley.edu/publications/livingfam.html, it argues that seventy-one percent of the expenditures of the
families of poor individuals is for food shelter, utilities, and apparel, compared to 46 percent for families of the non-
poor. All in all, there is example of poverty on living conditions on the web.
There are many more examples of poverty on treatment than looking in the book Breaking Through. For
example on the website https://patriotpost.us/alexander/22892 it stated that Obama has vowed to make class
warfare, specifically “income inequality,” the focus of the 2014 midterm campaign, declaring it the “defining
challenge of our time.” What he didn’t mention is the inconvenient truth that income inequality has increased more
during his presidency than that of any predecessor, though predictably his administration spokesman, Jay Carney,
blamed Bush. Another example, from the website http://missionviejo.patch.com/groups/politics-and-
elections/p/poverty-treated-as-a-crime-in-the-us, argues that being poor in America can, quite literally, become a
crime. Enrenreich recalls the story of a 62-year-old homeless Vietnam veteran in a wheelchair who was arrested
while sleeping in a homeless shelter because he had an outstanding warrant. His warrant was for criminal
trespassing due to the fact that he had been previously caught sleeping in the street. So, in fact, they arrested him
for being homeless. My last example is from http://www.healingwell.com/library/depression/article.asp?
author=solomon&id=1 which states, “Under pressure from her family, she married a man who was also abusive.”
This is how a woman was treated for being in poverty. Her husband thought he was better than her because she
was in poverty. Also, they had children and the husband/dad abused the children. Overall, there are more
implications of poverty on treatment than looking at Breaking Through.
In conclusion, this essay has shown the implications of poverty. Some may argue that poverty is good for
you and that it teaches you that you have to appreciate what you have. However what I do know is that it affects in
many ways to the human and they get a better risk of dying first or earlier. Poverty affects one’s education, living
conditions, health, and treatment.
Poverty is not the only struggle that has negative implications; racism is just as damaging. Racism is,
according to http://dictionary.kids.net.au/word/racism, “ discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of
another race. An example of racism comes from the history of African- Americans, Rosa Parks. She was always
moved to the back of the public bus because of her skin color. This is an example because they treat the colored
people differently than the white people. All in all, poverty is not the only struggle in life.
There are implications of racism in Breaking Through. There are examples of racism in breaking through on
dating, treatment, and food. For dating, Panchito couldn’t hang out with Peggy because the dad didn’t want them to
because he didn’t like Mexicans. This shows racism because the dad is not showing equality to a race. For
treatment, is when Panchito had ringworms on his arm and he had to put garlic on it and everyone said he smelled
like a Mexican. This shows racism because they are saying that Mexicans smell bad and they are showing
disrespect to that race. Finally, for food Panchito didn’t want to take tacos to school anymore because people would
make fun of him. This shows racism because people are making fun of Mexicans and they are saying that Mexicans
eat tacos all the time. In conclusion, there are implications of racism in Breaking Through.
There are implications of racism in the movie 42 about Jackie Robinson. For example in the movie they
show segregation. They would separate the baseball teams racially. They would also have two different sides for the
two different races in baseball games. They have separate hospitals for different races. They would also show
racism in treatment. To start the flight attendant gave away Jackie’s’ seat to white people. Also the gas station
wasn’t going to let Jackie use the toilet because he was black. Another, they wanted to hit Jackie with the ball
when he was pitching. The baseball pitcher actually did hit Jackie with the ball on the head. Overall there are
implications of racism in the movie 42, about Jackie Robinson.
There are more implications of racism in 42. There are examples of racism in 42 on beliefs, like they
believed that Jackie didn’t have a chance in a white team. They also said that he couldn’t be on any better teams.
There is also example of racism in the movie 42 on bullying. They always were saying mean stuff to him like nigger
and bad slur words. Also the police came up to him and said that black people couldn’t play with whites and
threatened to hit him with a stick. They would always use slur words and try to make him feel bad in a game. In
conclusion, there are more examples of racism in the movie 42.
Not only has Jackie Robinson experienced racism and its implications but also it has happened to my best
friend in third grade. She was a new student and she was African-American. Everyone was white so they thought
she was weird and different. They always made fun of her by calling her names and teased her. They called her
nigger and said stuff like, “ oh if you were in a dark room no one will be able to see you. Whenever we played
games like dodge ball, every one tried to hit her really hard and make her cry. She got mad one day and spoke up.
She always said to me that she was to scared to speak up but now she faced her fear. She told everyone that they
are being stupid. She said what if they were she, what if they felt what she felt. Everyone thought she was right so
they took her side. She had more friends and nobody picked on her again. This shows racism because everyone
thought she was a totally different person and they were really mean to her because of her race. All in all there are
examples of racism around me.
Kelly McGonial claims that struggle is your friend. She says that without it your blood wont be pumping as
well. This shows that stress is your friend because your blood wont is pumping well and stress is a way to help
that. Another example is that stress gets your heart pumping faster and it helps your heart. This proves that stress
is your friend because if you don’t have stress there is a more likely chance that you’ll have an unhealthy heart and
that’s bad. Also, Kelly claims that stress helps you think of why you have stress and how you get stress. This
proves that stress is your friend because you think about your stress and you’ll find ways to solve your problems. At
last, she claims that stress gets you social with family and friends. This shows that stress is your friend because you
want to be around them and the people that care about you and this causes you to release a hormone called
oxytocin. Overall, Kelly Mcgonial claims that stress is your friend.
This essay will show other than what some believe, struggle, specifically poverty and racism, is
multidimensional and has implications that can harm us. For example poverty on health shows that the people in
poverty are more likely to be obese and be addicted to cigarettes. Another example for racism is that t hurts our
feelings and us. The people will say mean words to be racist. In conclusion struggle, specifically poverty and racism,
is multidimensional and has many implications that can harm us.
positive impact. It can make a person push themselves to finish their works and make them work harder. Others
argue that struggle is hurtful. Much exploration has been experimented on this topic. This essay will argue that
other than what some believe, struggle, specifically poverty and racism, is multidimensional and has implications
that can harm us.
Struggles are multidimensional. We can examine this in Breaking Through. For example, one of the
struggles Panchito experiences is undocumented (See Figure 1). This struggle causes him to have fear and be
deported. Some examples from the text that provide evidence of his fear is when he says, “ As I got older my fear
of getting deported grew” (Pg.2). And also, “ I lived in constant fear for ten long years” (Pg.1). An example from
the text provides evidence of him getting deported is when he says, “Yes, they caught us” (Pg.4). All in all
struggles are multidimensional.
Along the lines of struggle being multidimensional, we can also examine and explore its implications. Using
Breaking Through as an example again, we see that Panchito struggles with poverty. Poverty affects Panchito with
education, health, treatment, and living conditions. There are examples in the book of these four pieces of poverty.
The example for education is, “ Every year Roberto and I missed months of school to help mama and papa in the
fields” (pg. 7). The example for health is, “ A hundred pounds and four feet eleven inches, you’re a bit small for your
age” (pg.13). The third example, which is for treatment is when some one said that he stank like a Mexican because
he had garlic on his arm. My last example, which is for living conditions, is that they had to live in barracks. All in all,
the entire book, Breaking Through, has examples of why struggle is multidimensional.
In addition to, Breaking Through, there are implications of poverty on health found in other sources. The
website, http://blog.oup.com/2013/11/poverty-public-health-united-states/, that argued, if you are poor you are more
likely to be obese, if you are poor you don’t get enough healthy food and the nutrients, and if you are poor you are
more likely to be addicted to cigarettes. Secondly, in the same website, it said, that if you are poor you are less
likely to have adequate knowledge about threats to your health and to the health of your family members. It is less
likely to know how to navigate or complex health care from providers who are sensitive to your needs. Then, it
states, “ If you are poor, you are more likely to live in communities with hazardous outdoor and indoor air pollution.
Your children are more likely to have elevated lead levels and resultant problems such as lower IQ sores and reading
levels, attention deficits and behavioral problems.” (Barry S. Levy, 2013) Lastly, the website, stated, “ If you are
poor, you are more likely to develop many illnesses, more likely to become injured, more likely to become disabled,
and more likely to die early. You are less likely to have access to high-quality medical care – or any medical care at
all- and less likely to have access to preventive services.” All in all, there are implications of poverty in other
sources.
There are implications on the web that have examples on poverty in education. For example in the book
Hunger Games poverty affects education. How? Because Katniss’s sister, prim, does not go to school because she
has to work to make money. Another example, children living in poverty have a higher number of absenteeism or
leave school all together because they are more likely to have to work or care for family members. My last example
is in the book The Outsiders. Poverty affects one’s social relationship with the rich people and causes one to kill the
other and when they run away an individual misses months of school. Overall, there are many more examples on
the web that show poverty on education.
Poverty on living conditions can also be found in the web. As a example, the website,
http://www.habitat.org/how/poverty.aspx, it said, without a place to live where someone feels safe and can survive,
people cannot be constructive members of our society. If people don’t have proper homes and living conditions then
children and families cannot flourish and learn and sometimes they wont be happy. Another example come from the
website http://ww.irle.berkley.edu/publications/livingfam.html states that people who are poor are always in danger.
They have twice the crimes where they live and most likely to be injured. But single parent families are more likely
to have triple more, meaning having more crimes. My last example comes from
http://ww.irle.berkley.edu/publications/livingfam.html, it argues that seventy-one percent of the expenditures of the
families of poor individuals is for food shelter, utilities, and apparel, compared to 46 percent for families of the non-
poor. All in all, there is example of poverty on living conditions on the web.
There are many more examples of poverty on treatment than looking in the book Breaking Through. For
example on the website https://patriotpost.us/alexander/22892 it stated that Obama has vowed to make class
warfare, specifically “income inequality,” the focus of the 2014 midterm campaign, declaring it the “defining
challenge of our time.” What he didn’t mention is the inconvenient truth that income inequality has increased more
during his presidency than that of any predecessor, though predictably his administration spokesman, Jay Carney,
blamed Bush. Another example, from the website http://missionviejo.patch.com/groups/politics-and-
elections/p/poverty-treated-as-a-crime-in-the-us, argues that being poor in America can, quite literally, become a
crime. Enrenreich recalls the story of a 62-year-old homeless Vietnam veteran in a wheelchair who was arrested
while sleeping in a homeless shelter because he had an outstanding warrant. His warrant was for criminal
trespassing due to the fact that he had been previously caught sleeping in the street. So, in fact, they arrested him
for being homeless. My last example is from http://www.healingwell.com/library/depression/article.asp?
author=solomon&id=1 which states, “Under pressure from her family, she married a man who was also abusive.”
This is how a woman was treated for being in poverty. Her husband thought he was better than her because she
was in poverty. Also, they had children and the husband/dad abused the children. Overall, there are more
implications of poverty on treatment than looking at Breaking Through.
In conclusion, this essay has shown the implications of poverty. Some may argue that poverty is good for
you and that it teaches you that you have to appreciate what you have. However what I do know is that it affects in
many ways to the human and they get a better risk of dying first or earlier. Poverty affects one’s education, living
conditions, health, and treatment.
Poverty is not the only struggle that has negative implications; racism is just as damaging. Racism is,
according to http://dictionary.kids.net.au/word/racism, “ discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of
another race. An example of racism comes from the history of African- Americans, Rosa Parks. She was always
moved to the back of the public bus because of her skin color. This is an example because they treat the colored
people differently than the white people. All in all, poverty is not the only struggle in life.
There are implications of racism in Breaking Through. There are examples of racism in breaking through on
dating, treatment, and food. For dating, Panchito couldn’t hang out with Peggy because the dad didn’t want them to
because he didn’t like Mexicans. This shows racism because the dad is not showing equality to a race. For
treatment, is when Panchito had ringworms on his arm and he had to put garlic on it and everyone said he smelled
like a Mexican. This shows racism because they are saying that Mexicans smell bad and they are showing
disrespect to that race. Finally, for food Panchito didn’t want to take tacos to school anymore because people would
make fun of him. This shows racism because people are making fun of Mexicans and they are saying that Mexicans
eat tacos all the time. In conclusion, there are implications of racism in Breaking Through.
There are implications of racism in the movie 42 about Jackie Robinson. For example in the movie they
show segregation. They would separate the baseball teams racially. They would also have two different sides for the
two different races in baseball games. They have separate hospitals for different races. They would also show
racism in treatment. To start the flight attendant gave away Jackie’s’ seat to white people. Also the gas station
wasn’t going to let Jackie use the toilet because he was black. Another, they wanted to hit Jackie with the ball
when he was pitching. The baseball pitcher actually did hit Jackie with the ball on the head. Overall there are
implications of racism in the movie 42, about Jackie Robinson.
There are more implications of racism in 42. There are examples of racism in 42 on beliefs, like they
believed that Jackie didn’t have a chance in a white team. They also said that he couldn’t be on any better teams.
There is also example of racism in the movie 42 on bullying. They always were saying mean stuff to him like nigger
and bad slur words. Also the police came up to him and said that black people couldn’t play with whites and
threatened to hit him with a stick. They would always use slur words and try to make him feel bad in a game. In
conclusion, there are more examples of racism in the movie 42.
Not only has Jackie Robinson experienced racism and its implications but also it has happened to my best
friend in third grade. She was a new student and she was African-American. Everyone was white so they thought
she was weird and different. They always made fun of her by calling her names and teased her. They called her
nigger and said stuff like, “ oh if you were in a dark room no one will be able to see you. Whenever we played
games like dodge ball, every one tried to hit her really hard and make her cry. She got mad one day and spoke up.
She always said to me that she was to scared to speak up but now she faced her fear. She told everyone that they
are being stupid. She said what if they were she, what if they felt what she felt. Everyone thought she was right so
they took her side. She had more friends and nobody picked on her again. This shows racism because everyone
thought she was a totally different person and they were really mean to her because of her race. All in all there are
examples of racism around me.
Kelly McGonial claims that struggle is your friend. She says that without it your blood wont be pumping as
well. This shows that stress is your friend because your blood wont is pumping well and stress is a way to help
that. Another example is that stress gets your heart pumping faster and it helps your heart. This proves that stress
is your friend because if you don’t have stress there is a more likely chance that you’ll have an unhealthy heart and
that’s bad. Also, Kelly claims that stress helps you think of why you have stress and how you get stress. This
proves that stress is your friend because you think about your stress and you’ll find ways to solve your problems. At
last, she claims that stress gets you social with family and friends. This shows that stress is your friend because you
want to be around them and the people that care about you and this causes you to release a hormone called
oxytocin. Overall, Kelly Mcgonial claims that stress is your friend.
This essay will show other than what some believe, struggle, specifically poverty and racism, is
multidimensional and has implications that can harm us. For example poverty on health shows that the people in
poverty are more likely to be obese and be addicted to cigarettes. Another example for racism is that t hurts our
feelings and us. The people will say mean words to be racist. In conclusion struggle, specifically poverty and racism,
is multidimensional and has many implications that can harm us.