Prompt #1: Coronavirus impact on low income families
Questions about this prompt that I am thinking about are:
How has COVID-19 affected low income families financially?
Did COVID-19 show how wealthy people will always have more power than the poor?
Are low income people more at risk of getting COVID-19 because of the desperate need of getting important supply?
The reason why I want to research the impact the coronavirus has on low income people is because I believe they can be affected the most. Since the coronavirus hit New York hard low incomes families have been struggling to get food and other supplies that are needed like gloves, masks, soap, and ect. Especially the impact on supermarkets have been mind blowing and that’s when this topic came to my mind. How are people going to get food if wealthy people are over-supplying on food? First time I went to the supermarket you can just see how people are panicking and are only worried about themselves. I also consider myself to be in the low/working class myself, so I believe I can show my perspective on the impact of COVID-19.
Dylan, As I said yesterday, I think that it’s a great idea to focus on the particular ways in which low income people have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. I’m wondering if you might want to consider focusing specifically on New York – since there is a lot of information emerging about inequality in how New Yorkers have been affected and that would allow you to think more deeply about the experience of your own community.
JS