White Ghetto

Questions
1. What does the average coal miner make (wages per hour)?
a. 25 Dollars an Hour

2. Who are some types of people a person might find in the big, “White Ghetto.”
a. Poor Families
b. Little to no Educated Kids

3. Why do you think the author calls it the “Big White Ghetto.”
a. The white population takes up 98.5% of the population.

4. What does the author suggests “keeps the underclass in place?”
a. Welfare has made Appalachia into a huge housing project.

5. The author suggests that “poverty is the natural condition ____  _______  ________ _______.”
a. Of the Human Animal

6. How does Pepsi play into this?
a. They continue to let people tamper with their products they are selling.

Facts
1. People would take their child or children out of school to get Social Security disability benefits
2. Owsley County the unemployment rate is at 150%.
3. People try to get other people sign up for imaginary programs that don’t exist for their own fun.
4. The coal mining industry is moving west.
5. When you live in these areas you increase the risk of dying sooner than you normally should.