Valerie Mozee
English 4 Daraja
10/14/2013
In my analysis I'm going to talk about the economy debate between O'reilly, and Tavis Smiley and professor Cornell West. 46 million Americans live below the poverty line. That's 15% of the population in 2010 $560 billion, 16% of the entire federal budget was spent on the poor. That's up 5,400% since 1970.
In Bill O'Reily's talk about poverty he feels that everyone gets treated the same when it comes to finding jobs while Tavis Smiley and Cornel West don't agree. I feel that Bill O'reily is wrong he's very arrogant, and ignorant everyone doesn't get treated the same when it comes to finding jobs some have to work harder than others to get to where they want to be a lot of people go through hardships for not getting the job they want, trying to work your way up to the top by taking jobs you don't necessarily want but, you know you have to do them. Minimum wage jobs having to sacrifice for what you want for the things that's more important. Not everyone can be rich.
"Then, reality hits; you can't find a job in this Recession Economy or the one you secured has been snatched away... Your life is consumed with massive debt, color-coded bills, and constant calls from malicious debt collectors".(pg.33) A person can become homeless at anytime; because the economy can go down at anytime you can't pay your bills, your rent, can't buy food.
However up until the late 1940's the economy began to change but it seemed like it was more for white families they were able to afford cars, houses, and TVs and only one person had to work in the family. By the 1950's African Americans were able to get steady jobs the American dream was in full effect which was what Martin Luther King Jr. believed in. Now that we're in the 21st century I believe that all African Americans can get any jobs they set their minds to. The ones that really want careers that's what Tavis Smiley and Cornel West believed in.
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