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Wealth Inequality and Human Services Essay
Looking out at your community, you may observe a wide stratum of socioeconomic
conditions. Perhaps you see a person experiencing homelessness asking for money
by a highway on-ramp, or a person working three jobs in order to support themselves
and their family, and then you may see new million-dollar condominiums being built.
You may see differences in income between men and women and between White
and minority racial/ethnic groups. How did these wealth disparities come to be?
This week, you explore this question as you engage with resources about wealth
inequality and the racial wealth gap. You also examine wealth inequality in your own
community and the implications for an HSPP.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
· Define wealth inequality
· Explain how wealth inequality informs human services work
· Identify statistics related to income, unemployment, poverty, and homelessness in
a community
· Explain the influence of race, ethnicity, and gender on wealth potential
· Explain the reasons for wealth inequality
All Required Videos for the Assignment Section Are on YouTube The Links Are
Listed Above.
Learning Resources
Poverty and Wealth Inequality
The Economist. (2018, October 16). Mapping poverty in America [Video]. YouTube.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes.
Politizane. (2012, November 20). Wealth inequality in America [Video]. YouTube.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 6 minutes.
Gross, T. (Host). (2020, December 23). How COVID-19 became a “tremendous
windfall” for the ultra-rich. In Fresh Air. National Public Radio.
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/23/949578530/how-covid-19-became-a-tremendous-
windfall-for-the-ultra-rich
Mooney, T. (2020, March 30). The disturbing history of tipping in the U.S.: “It’s
literally a slave wage.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tipping-jobs-
history-slave-wage-cbsn-originals-documentary/
The Racial Wealth Gap
McIntosh, K., Moss, E., Nunn, R., & Shambaugh, J. (2020, February 27). Up front:
Examining the black-white wealth gap. The Brookings Institution.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining-the-black-white-
wealth-gap/
Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research. (2020, February 24). What
drives Native American
poverty? https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/news/2020/redbird-what-drives-native-
american-poverty.html
Robert Reich. (2019, December 3). How America created its shameful wealth
gap [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/9diZJks95Ko
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes.
Discussion: Wealth Inequality and Human Services
According to The Economist (2018), three men hold the same wealth as the entire
bottom half of the U.S. population (or 160 million people). As their wealth continues
to grow, the divide widens between the rich and the poor.
The United States is not alone in this phenomenon; in fact, wealth inequality appears
to be increasing globally. But how does this information connect with and impact the
delivery of human services?
For this Discussion, you watch two videos and respond with your ideas on wealth
inequality and human services work.
To Prepare
· Review your course announcements for possible information related to this week’s
Discussion and Assignment.
· Review this week’s Learning Resources on poverty and wealth inequality. Be sure
to view The Economist (2018) “Mapping Poverty in America” and the Poltizane
(2012) “Wealth Inequality in America” videos.
By Day 4
Post your reaction to the videos and share how the information applies to the human
services profession. Specifically, what is wealth inequality? How does wealth
inequality contribute to human struggles and the need for services? How do you
perceive the distribution of wealth in your own community?
By Day 6
Respond to at least one colleague by sharing an insight gained from reading their
post.
Submission and Grading Information
Grading Criteria
Assignment: Wealth Inequality in Your Community
With every service user, there is a story behind their circumstances. Sometimes that
story is about abuse and neglect; sometimes it is about mental or physical health
issues; and other times it is about poverty. And elements of each story are the
systems and policies that have shaped the service user’s life.
Imagine a service user entering the agency where you work. The woman looks
defeated, and emotionally and physically spent. She talks about making too much
money for food stamps yet struggling to feed her family. She talks about needing
health insurance and affordable housing. The woman says, “No matter what I do, I
can’t stay afloat. The system is rigged.”
For this Assignment, you take a closer look at wealth and poverty in your community
and your life and then consider how wealth inequality is created.
To Prepare
· Review this week’s Learning Resources on wealth inequality and the racial wealth
gap. Pay close attention to the ways in which race, ethnicity, and gender affect
wealth potential.
· Research your own community for unemployment rate, average family income,
poverty rate, and homeless population.
By Day 7
Submit a 1- to 2-page paper in which you:
· Report on the unemployment rate, average family income, poverty rate, and
homeless population in your community. How does each of these numbers compare
to the national average?
· Explain how the Learning Resources have helped you see how some races,
ethnicities, and genders are more impacted by wealth inequality than others.
· Why do these disparities exist? What are the structural or policy barriers that
helped to create them?
· Explain the extent to which you have experienced wealth inequality and how this
may inform your work as an HSPP.
Make sure to integrate and document ideas and concepts from the Learning
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