Writing Homework Help

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Various areas across America represent all points on the spectrum between rich and poor, poverty and privilege.

View one or more of the following Vimeo/YouTube videos related to poverty or wealth in America:

“Poverty in Chicago” Documentary Program (43:37) (Links to an external site.) from Schodorf Media Creative.

Poor Kids Of America Child Poverty Documentary Real Stories (58:51) (Links to an external site.)

Park Avenue: Money, Power, and the American Dream | Why Poverty? | Documentary (58:52) (Links to an external site.)

The Rise of the Super Rich Untold Wealth of the One Percent 1 (45:03) (Links to an external site.)

After watching the video(s), address the following questions:

• What were the main points of the documentary? What moral/ethical issues were addressed?
• What was your reaction to the issues? Did any aspect surprise you?
• Why do you think there is such a large gap between the richest and the poorest in our society?
• Were the issues presented in a biased or unbiased manner? Were the arguments grounded in fact or opinion? Did the presenters/producers appear to have an underlying agenda that they were pushing forward?
• What is a moral/ethical response to the identified issues? Should we intervene to “fix” the problems identified? Why or why not?