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.