Assignment task: Watch
YouTube Video: Tammy's Story II: 2013 Update - People Like Us ADDITIONAL SCENE
As you watch, consider the following questions:
Q1. Do you think Tammy and her son will fulfill their dreams? Why or why not?
Q2. How do you reconcile this opinion with the notion of the American Dream that hard work is always rewarded with success?
Q3. What specific factors contribute to Tammy's inability to change her circumstances?
Q4. As Henderson and Tickamyer discuss in one of our readings for this week (found in the course text), poverty in the U.S. is often only associated with African Americans and these stereotypes of poverty impact public and governmental policies. How does Tammy's story complicate these stereotypes and challenge the popular assumptions that the poor are to blame for their plight?