Prompts for Journal Entry 1 (you have to complete both):
1. Describe what the major reasons for US poverty are as suggested by Alston in the video “Global Ethics Forum: Extreme Poverty in the United States.” Make sure to discuss the two institutions that perpetuate poverty. What reasons does the video “First World Problems – Why Is There So Much Poverty in America?” add? What remedy do both videos suggest to alleviate US poverty?
2. What did you know about Native poverty before this week? What do we learn from Dunbar-Ortiz and the documentary 100 Years about reasons for Native poverty? Thinking about the suggestions made by the videos you summarized for prompt 1, how would these solutions work for indigenous poverty? Provide specific examples from both Dunbar-Ortiz and the documentary to substantiate your claims. This means citing from the reading (in other words, referencing specific text passages, including quoting from the text directly) and describing in detail an example from the documentary.
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