https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o Poverty & Social Justice en-us 2019-09-17 00:42:17 UTC 2025-11-10 18:30:44 UTC hello@padlet.com grace_collins2 https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385014618 Absolute poverty: uses a dollar value that is firmly set; anyone who earns less than that amount is officially poor
Relative poverty: uses comparisons to determine who is poor and who is not.  A relative scale begins with agreement about the level of economic resources the average person should have (Segal, 2015, pg. 70).
The United States uses absolute poverty to help discern between who's poor and in need of social services, like food stamps. The poverty line we have is called the poverty threshold, which is determined based on the size of a family and where you're living. This poverty threshold is somewhat controversial because some argue that the line is too low because it is based on a minimum amount needed for surviving, not for thriving (Segal, 2015, pg. 72).]]> 2019-09-17 00:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385014618 grace_collins2 https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385018171 Looking at the income levels over the past 30 years, it is clear that the wealthy are earning more money at a faster rate than those sitting at the bottom of the income block: "the real dollars earned by the highest 1 percent of earners increased by more than 200 percent... The top 1 percent of households hold 35 percent of all wealth and the next 9 percent hold 38 percent of all wealth, while the bottom 90 percent hold the rest, 27 percent of all wealth (Stone, Trisi, Sherman, & Chen, 2013)" (Segal, 2015, pg. 78).]]> 2019-09-17 01:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385018171 grace_collins2 https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385020995 Social justice: level of fairness that exists in human relationships
Injustice: coercively established and maintained inequalities, discrimination, and dehumanizing, development-inhibiting conditions of living (e.g., slavery, serfdom, and exploitative wage labor; unemployment, poverty, starvation, and homelessness; inadequate health care and education), imposed by dominant social groups, classes, and peoples upon dominated and exploited groups, classes, and people (Gil, 1998, p. 10). (Segal, 2015, pg. 97).]]> 2019-09-17 01:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385020995 grace_collins2 https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385022455 Prejudice: an attitude that involves judging groups and individuals based on myths and misconceptions
Discrimination: is an action that involves treating people differently based on their membership in a group
Oppression: systematic and pervasive mistreatment of people based on their membership in a certain group
Institutional discrimination: when discrimination is built into the norms and institutions in society and is enforced by those in power (Segal, 2015, pg. 99).]]> 2019-09-17 01:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385022455 grace_collins2 https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385025399 I've attached a video of political comedian, John Oliver, talking about bias in medicine. He discusses the discrimination women, especially non-white women, experience when they go to the doctor's office. This is just one modern day example of discrimination threaded into our society.
WARNING: John Oliver uses explicit language, so if that makes you uncomfortable, don't feel the need to watch!]]> 2019-09-17 01:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385025399 grace_collins2 https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385026521 Segal, E. A., Gerdes, K. E., & Steiner, S. (2016). An Introduction to the Profession of Social Work: Becoming a Change Agent (Fifth ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. Accessed 16 September 2019.]]> 2019-09-17 01:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/grace_collins2/iz95w6554m1o/wish/385026521