What is poverty?

What is Poverty?
      Noun. the state or condition of having little or no money goods or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antomys: riches, wealth, plenty.

Quickwrite:

Answer the following questions using complete sentences and support your answers with examples and details:

• Where do you see poverty in your community?

In my community I see poverty in the streets.

• Think about the facts and statistics we discussed. What did you already know?

 From the facts and statistics we discussed, I knew that Latinos are the majority of people that suffer from poverty.

• What surprised you?

From the facts that we discussed, what surprised me was that  the whites where not the majority that where wealthy, but the "colored" people.