In this essay Sandra Golden is highlighting the downfalls of the welfare system and its nonchalant treatment of its customers, especially black females. She talks about the group of women she studied and their experiences with the system. All of their experiences were negative, “it seemed the assumptions was that welfare recipients were unmotivated, unskilled, uneducated or undereducated, and responsible for bringing fatherless children into the world” (Golden 27). Despite the attitudes of the caseworkers, the women could not respond with the first thing that came to their mind because that response could result in the loss of any assistance they were receiving.
In her conclusion Golden speaks about how she was a recipient of welfare. Now she is confidently standing on her own two feet and her daughter has grown up to be a positive addition to the world. Many understand the hardships of welfare either from personal experience or how it is portrayed throughout the media, but what needs to be shown is the positive side and more success stories.
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