Critical Reasoning

Critical reasoning could be used to analyze and evaluate why poverty exists and why it exists among certain groups more than others. It could also be used to explain how other classes and groups of people utilize poverty in order to oppress another group that they do not like. In the Moynihan report he used critical reasoning to explain why African Americans were living in so much poverty. However, I can use critical reasoning to show how his report could have been better and been more accurate. The lack of real analysis that Moynihan put into his report shows that critical reasoning can be used to not only analyze and evaluate a specific topic, but it could also be used to help improve an already existing report or explain how it could have been better. Poverty has several factors that cause it and you can't ignore any of them when analyzing a certain group and why they are impoverished. Evaluating and analyzing these different factors is essential in determining who lives in poverty and exactly why certain groups tend to be more impoverished than others. When discussing poverty critical reasoning is important because it allows people to see all different sides of poverty and help explain and analyze these different factors in a way that is accurate. In  regards to the Moynihan report, my paper will show how critical reasoning could have been better used in his report to make it more realistic and accurate.

Poverty Video

Poverty

The issue I am discussing in my last essay is poverty. My main focus will be on poverty of African Americans in areas around the country. Specifically I will be looking at the Moynihan report to and how he could have used critical reasoning to make his report more accurate and true. Poverty is when people have insufficient means of supporting themselves and their family in everyday life. This condition plagues mostly minorities and especially African Americans. The reason that I decided to write about this subject is because in our Black Social Movements class poverty was something that was discussed almost everyday and it was one of the main challenges that black people struggled with and continue to struggle with every day. The enthusiasm that these people fought against poverty with and the stories of people like General Dogon were so inspiring that this topic was one that stood out in my mind more than any other topic we discussed in class this whole semester. There are so many different factors that account for poverty and the struggles that have gone along with each factor are so captivating. Also the Moynihan report provides me with a great source to discuss critical reasoning and how it relates to what is and what ought to be. It tried to close this gap, but in an extremely ignorant way, which allows for a perfect analysis of how critical reasoning could have been better used in this report.