Third World America: Children in Poverty
This project to document children of poverty in America was initially funded by Marian Wright Edelman and the Children’s Defense Fund.
These photographs covers an array of social and ethnic borders; the black families of the Mississippi Delta who live in the first town started after slavery was abolished; the struggles of a single woman raising three children on the minimum wage while working at Wendy’s in Ohio;...
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This project to document children of poverty in America was initially funded by Marian Wright Edelman and the Children’s Defense Fund.
These photographs covers an array of social and ethnic borders; the black families of the Mississippi Delta who live in the first town started after slavery was abolished; the struggles of a single woman raising three children on the minimum wage while working at Wendy’s in Ohio; the food bank in Appalachia where over 800 cars a day line up for groceries; an overwhelmed mother who just slit her wrists because she can’t buy food and shoes for her children; Mexican migrant workers who live in Texas and raise children in this country so they can have a better life as American citizens; Indians on a Navaho reservation who instill a cultural sense of pride to their children in the native powwows, yet have no running water or electricity in their basic hogan homes.
The face of poverty in this country is not the rail thin visage as in developing countries, but due to such a poor nutritional diet, obesity is a ubiquitous problem. Children’s health is so affected that diabetes is prevalent, and many are overweight with severe psychological problems, some are even suicidal. With the cost of living out weighing the average income many families across America are just one pay- check away from being on the edge, especially when it comes to healthcare issues.
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