Suppose the Way That Your State Links the Receipt of Welfare

question 45

Essay

Suppose the way that your state links the receipt of welfare benefits to attending job-training sessions is being debated.A recent study has found that the job training has little to no effect on the earning prospects of your welfare recipients.One politician argues that,for this reason,the job-training requirement should be eliminated.Others aren't so sure.What do you think?

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Definitions:

Filipinos

Refers to the people originating from or living in the Philippines, a Southeast Asian country.

Indian New Deal

Phrase that refers to the reforms implemented for Native Americans during the New Deal era. John Collier, the commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), increased the access Native Americans had to relief programs and employed more Native Americans at the BIA. He worked to pass the Indian Reorganization Act. However, the version of the act passed by Congress was a much diluted version of Collier’s original proposal and did not greatly improve the lives of Native Americans.

Forced Assimilation

The process where individuals or groups are compelled to abandon their own culture, language, or identity to conform to those of a dominating or majority culture.

Dawes Act

Law passed in 1887 meant to encourage adoption of white norms among Indians; broke up tribal holdings into small farms for Indian families, with the remainder sold to white purchasers.