Connections: when connecting ‘Amazing Grace' to Johnson, you can see the connection in the ignoring of privilege and connection of privilege relating to the lack of privilege. In the article by Kozol you see how the welfare and health system pays no attention to people with a lack of privilege. The article references the idea of how ‘people are poor by choice’, showing how false this is by showing real life examples of people with no choices because of where they live, their race, and their economic status. This part of Brooklyn is shown as a place that is ignored by those with any power or privilege to change the living situation.
When connecting ‘Amazing Grace’ to Delpit I thought of the culture of power and how when the rules aren’t stated by those in power, it makes change impossible. In Amazing Grace this is shown in examples where people aren’t able to access government aid or social security, and the rules and steps are changed to make the process even more difficult. The people with power put these systems in place to claim there are ways to get financial help, however don’t check to see if they are actually accessible because they don’t have any personal stake in it or urgency.
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