The Logic of Stupid Poor People: Identity, and Societal Perceptions
Words: 1040 Pages: 3 5322The Essence of Tressie McMillan Cottom’s Perspective Growing up in a low-income home, a home where want is surpassed by bare necessity, prosperity can often only be achieved by mirroring those you most admire to be. Tressie McMillian Cottom's article reviews the stupid decisions poor people tend to make. Cottom depicts her perspective as an old outsider looking at the world from within. Initially growing up in a poor black American family, Cottom often fell silent because of the genteel […]
