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Comments on MetaFilter post Poor kids.Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:07:20 -0800Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:07:20 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Poor kids.
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<a href="http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF0901/Shames/Shames.html">Child Poverty In Chicago</a> -- photographs by <a href="http://www.stephenshames.com/">Stephen Shames</a>, (c) 1985. Included is <a href="http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF0901/Shames/Shames02.jpg">Lafeyette</a> (sic) of "<a href="http://alexkotlowitz.com/02_03.html">There Are No Children Here</a>."post:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.63150Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:02:39 -0800kmenniechildrenchicagopovertychildpovertyalexkotlowitzBy: kmennie
http://www.metafilter.com/63150/Poor-kids#1772841
(And see <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/55605/Enjoyable-books-about-bad-things">this Ask MeFi q</a> if looking for further reading.)comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.63150-1772841Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:07:20 -0800kmennieBy: Mayor Curley
http://www.metafilter.com/63150/Poor-kids#1772885
<i>Dr. Katherine Christoffel of The Children's Memorial Hospital told me her hospital has documented sixteen cases of marasmus and kwasiorkor, which are starvation-related diseases, in the past four years. Generally these Third World diseases are not looked for. "If we kept good records, we would probably be shocked," she said.</i>
How things change. Twenty years later, access to food is still a problem for America's poor. But not starvation.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.63150-1772885Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:10:40 -0800Mayor CurleyBy: The Straightener
http://www.metafilter.com/63150/Poor-kids#1772937
From the recently released Philadelphia Dept. of Human Services planning and budget paper for 2008-09:
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Between 2003 and 2005, the percentage of the poverty population who were children, increased from 32.7% to 37.7%. Perhaps more significant, the percentage of all children in Philadelphia who live at or below the poverty level rose from 27.9% to 35%.</i>
When someone is "below the poverty level" they are very, very poor. The federal poverty guidlines need to be raised desperately.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.63150-1772937Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:21:17 -0800The StraightenerBy: chuckdarwin
http://www.metafilter.com/63150/Poor-kids#1773251
Meanwhile, Paris Hilton is doing lines of coke and drinking Cristal in the back of a stretch Hummer whilst photographers pursue her down the strip. And half the people on metafilter have themselves a good old cry over a crooked televangelist who stole from the elderly just because she was cast in a good light on some dumb reality show.
I love America's sense of social responsibility and fair play. It's such an inspiring example to the rest of the world.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.63150-1773251Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:41:44 -0800chuckdarwinBy: dsquid
http://www.metafilter.com/63150/Poor-kids#1773367
On a note unrelated to the hand-wringing over poverty in America: Shames' photos would have more impact on viewers on the internet if they weren't presented in a format the size of postage stamps. In my opinion, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoneth/636977915/">Stoneth</a> offers a better presentation.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.63150-1773367Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:10:02 -0800dsquidBy: Smedleyman
http://www.metafilter.com/63150/Poor-kids#1773489
Nice postcomment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.63150-1773489Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:35:17 -0800Smedleyman
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