>1) What stereotypes do you have
>of people on welfare, if
>any?

White mom's with 6 kids who live in a trailer in the country.

>2) Do you feel people are
>on welfare as a result
>of wrongdoing or bad decisions
>on their part? If
>so, please elaborate.

The children on welfare are completely innocent. The parents on welfare are their because of
- injury/medical condition
- divorce ->often related to domestic abuse
- structural changes in the economy - no manufacturing jobs available, no other skill set

- not knowing anything else - don't receive the cultural capital from their parents in order to figure away out of poverty. This includes access to inter-generational loans, education, or social networks.

>3) Do you feel black people
>on welfare today are on
>it for the same reason
>many were in the 1950's
>and 1960's or do we
>control our own circumstances more
>today?

I don't know how the #'s have changed, but I think there are more black folks in the middle and upper class now, than there were in the past. But that's structure of this country opening up. For the black folks on welfare as we speak, they often live in areas and grow up in environments that aren't conducive to getting out. But on the flip there are a # of black folks that do move on.

>4) Do you feel that black
>people on welfare are abusing
>the system?

In general no. But there are particular cases, yes.

If yes,
>do you feel this was
>the case for black people
>on welfare in the 1950's
>and 1960's.

I don't know enough about them to answer yes.

>5) Does anyone have first hand
>accounts of racism or sexism
>(as black females) when buying
>products, renting an apartment or
>any business transactions?

Who doesn't. If I had went to the store yesterday, I could tell you.

k. orr