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a.elhamamiTo control this is to create more job oppurtunities for black and low-income families.
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The main point was to show the reader that people are in the poverty zone in Newark due to the lack of jobs. It is supported through statistics. The poverty rate increases as the unemployment rate increases and jobs decrease.
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a.elhamami"Child poverty is becoming more concentrated."
"It is no coincidence that the County’s municipalities with the highest child poverty rates are one and the same as the County’s majority-black municipalities. Sixty-three percent of poor families in high child-poverty cities are black."
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The Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) was referred in the article, which is a deprivation index used in the United Kingdom.
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a.elhamami1. There is some sort of racism going on towards black people financially.
2. The amount of people in poverty are greater than expected.
3. The poverty rate is increasing faster than expected.
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This article goes in depth with how the children are being exposed to lead in their water and how that actually leads to them doing worse on exams or standardized tests. This was supported through tests and research.