Question

The speaker mentions some problems that affect people living in poverty, and more specifically black, indigenous, and Latino families living in poverty. Identify at least two of those problems. Why do you think these societal problems affect people of color who are also living in poverty more than other groups?

Answer 1

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In short, poverty can change the way the brain develops in young children. The major reason for this effect is stress. Children growing up in poverty experience multiple stressful events: neighborhood crime and drug use; divorce, parental conflict, and other family problems, including abuse and neglect by their parents; parental financial problems and unemployment; physical and mental health problems of one or more family members; and so forth. Their great levels of stress in turn affect their bodies in certain harmful ways.

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