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Discussion 1: In Bell Hooks "Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor", Hooks is interested both in illuminating what she considers to be problematic in attitudes toward poverty in the United States, and in proposing solutions. Assess what you think about the solutions she suggests for developing less punishing attitudes toward poverty among people who are poor and those who are not. What values can poverty teach us all? What role does the media have on how people view poverty?

Discussion 2: The short essay is written in a journalistic style and draws on sources; this is not simply an opinion piece, as her extended critique is of Michael Harrington's book, "The Other America". Why does Ehrenreich consider the phrase ‘the culture of poverty' to be so problematic? As you read, pay attention to the way she traces the history and uses of that phrase through time.