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The Working Poor: Invisible In America

The Working Poor : Invisible in America

By David Shipler

A Book Review

About the Author

David Shipler is a social analyst who is fond of exploring the less-known issues to the society . It could be noted that through his woks , he was able to discuss the different hidden issues that make larger issues in the society such as racism and social inequality based on gender and religion . One of his awarded works is the book entitled Arab and Jew : Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land it was a book on the

br many striking events that make the Arab countries and the Jewish countries to collide

In this review , the focus would be on the other authored book of Shipler entitled The Working Poor : Invisible in America , which is primarily a collection of facts that pertain to the real situation of the American society that is most likely unknown to others . Through the researches that the author himself has handled , he was able to outline the different issues that are related to the poverty level that is an actual disturbing problem within the American regions

About the Book

Not all of the people in the society realize that the American society also holds at least 45 of its population down within its poverty lines (Shipler , 2005 , 65 . Media presentations have mostly introduced America to the world as a very prosperous country that is capable of actually handling a large number of population because of the wealth that they have based on the reports that the press are usually releasing . However it could still not be denied that there are certain groups of people within the territories of the said country that dreadfully need attention from the government . These groups are the focus of Shipler in handling the presentation of his discussions in the book the working poor

Content and Summary

People primarily vie America as a large and wealthy country . All the while , there are those people who struggle so much for their lives just to be able to survive everyday . These are the working poor society . they are referred to by Shipler as those belonging to the Sisyphean which includes teachers who are underpaid although they are overworked from their professions everyday . They are indeed trying their best to do noble things that are sustainable for the society 's progress and yet their efforts are not paid well . Sadly , these people 's lives and personal relationships are laying on the line everyday . They are the ones , who , for some way might loose everything that they have with one simple mistake that they do within the particular cycle of activities that they need to deal with daily . It is impeccable to think that the government of the said country has mostly disregarded this particular situation thus giving it lesser attention that what it actually needs

People begin to complain , however , with the systems that are being applied within the territories of the American society , these people remain as invisible as they...

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