‘Why do you think poverty is not discussed often enough?’
Interviews and Photos by Joyce Wagner
Adam Raymond,
Music Production/ Engineering
– I think people are afraid to talk about it. If you do have money, you don’t necessarily want to think about it because it’s such a teetering subject.”
Leah Raymond, BAS Supervision and Management
-“It’s just swept under the rug.”
Carrissa Ronning, General Education
-“We like to pretend that we’re all middle class and that poverty isn’t an issue. So we stigmatize the poor and the media just perpetuates it.”
Ludovico Sciortino, General Education
-“I come from a country that has a lot of problems with poverty. I believe that poverty is not talked about a lot because of people just not caring about it.”
Christian Blackburn, Business Major
-“The lack of care from the average individual.”
Catherine Sylvester, BAS Supervision and Management Major
-“It should be discussed more. There’s more that we can do. We can always pitch in, help out. It’s also important for people dealing with poverty to come and ask for help.”
Nelson Maceda, General Education
– “Here in America, you barely see poverty.Where I came from, the Philippines, 97 percent of the population is in poverty. So, it is discussed there more often than it is here.”
Natalie Silva, Criminal Justice
– “People don’t like talking about negative things.”