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  • I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • I had consumed a lot of American culture, but I was not quite prepared for the reality of American poverty.

    "The Rumpus Interview With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie". Interview with Kima Jones, therumpus.net. June 17, 2014.
  • There is a deep sadness to American poverty, greater than the sadness of any other kind. It's because America has such an ideology of success.

  • I think one of the most important American films is "Jackie Brown", which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful. The film was pure depiction of the American poverty of the 90s.

    "INTERVIEW: Soul Searching, or Searching for a Soul; Enigmatic Desplechin Returns with 'Esther Kahn'" by Andrea Meyer, www.indiewire.com. February 27, 2002.
  • One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

    "The Rumpus Interview With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie". Interview with Kima Jones, therumpus.net. June 17, 2014.
  • The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the energy to raise all children to a minimally decent standard of living.

    Country   Pain   Children  
    Kenneth Keniston, Carnegie Council on Children (1977). “All our children: the American family under pressure”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
  • If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is to make sure that the society as a whole does right by people who are poor, are working class, are aspiring to a better life for their kids.

    Kids   Class   People  
    Source: www.theatlantic.com
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