Star Parker’s My Life as a Welfare Brat, is the author's rendition of welfare. Once being on welfare herself, she had perfected the art of welfare plagiarism and comprehends how it affects Black women. She understands how being apart the system can “turn you out” and how the system thrives on keeping Black women at the bottom. Parker’s experience with the system was no different than the next woman’s. She used and abused the system herself to make fast money in order for her to “live” but she soon found out that living on a system that cares nothing about you is horrific and degrading. Parker pulled herself out of the welfare system and became an advocate for women who have become accustom with being on welfare. She concludes with warning women, that relying on welfare is no help at all. In order to help yourself, you must move on and out of the welfare system.
I agree with Parker's judgment. Welfare is only for temporary usage. It is just to assist you in your hardships so that you won’t fail completely. Black women shouldn’t use welfare as a crutch, only as a “pusher”. I use the term “pusher” because being on welfare, something that’s already demeaning, should “push” you to do better. Black women that rely on welfare will never rise to the top. They will only stay where society automatically places them, at the bottom.
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