Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans? I think her story was such an extreem that it does reflect racial steriotypes. Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee? Did other opportunities exist for her? i think welfare hurt her. by making her dependent on it, she avoided other more productive decisions. Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime? Why or why not? i think because she made such bad decisions so early on, her siblings were able to escape extreem poverty while she got stuck in it. What impact did drugs have on Rosalee? On her children? What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs? Drugs had a huge impact on her life. It was one of the major choices who aided in keeping her in extreem poverty. How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood? Middle life? Later life? segregation affected her childhood because when she was young, she was placed in a slow learners track, which led to her not being able to read until well into junior high. How did Rosalee change through her life? From her experiences? How did Rosalees story affect you? Has America changed? If so, how? If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here? i think america has changed only slightly. yes, there are more programs out there to help the poor, but getting these programs if difficult, are they are not that widley known.
·Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans?
-Well its shows both sides of racial stereotypes and the realities affecting the African Americans, in the stereo types there are that they are either poor or in jail, and because some are like immigrants they really cant get enough money, and there are basic problem with if they talk English they can get a job but some cant so its really hard
·Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee? Did other opportunities exist for her?
- it hurt her because she just kept giving birth to more children and so she really didnt stop because she wouldnt get welfare, after her 5th child there was no opportunities because she was in all kind of problems
·Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime? Why or why not?
- no her family got off poor and off welfare because they got on there feet
·What impact did drugs have on Rosalee? On her children? What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs?
-drugs made her act on bad decisions for her children, Some of her children got into what she was doing so it really didnt help much, she learned that drugs made her life worse and she wanted to fix it
·How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood? Middle life? Later life?
- with segregation she really didnt get a good school education and had to leave school, in her middle life she got pregnant early and signed out of school during her middle school, in her later life it got better for her
·How did Rosalee change through her life? From her experiences?
- She got off drugs and got her life in the right direction and got help, if someone is doing drugs try to help them
·How did Rosalees story affect you?
-it showed me that doing drugs in bad and it will brake your life
Has America changed? If so, how? If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here?
- yes America has changed a lot, there is no segregation but racism still exist
Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans?
It really comes down to both. It shows the stereotypes and shows the realities that African Americans go through every day. Illegal drugs, prostitution, and welfare. Many do it everyday..
Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee?Did other opportunities exist for her?
I believe she stated that welfare takes away your dignity and she hated it. She could of had more opportunities but having all those children around living off one income coming into a household is rough .Especially when there is noone to keep control of the chaos I am sure in the household. It's rough.
Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime?Why or why not?
Some where equally affected. One of her daughters prostitutes (the one who was 11 and prostituted, holy crap), one of her sons helped her sell illegal drugs, and I believe another went around and stuck up people for their money. She even admitted how much of a screwup she was and how much of a image she showed to them. She did have successful children though who grew up and got out of the welfare status.
What impact did drugs have on Rosalee?On her children?What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs?
Drugs gave her energy. She stated at first she did heroin to get her energy to get around. After it just became an addiction everyday. Her children, some of them did it with her, or helped her sell it. Obviously she learned many lessons.. let's be real here. She's a recovered huge drug addict with a bunch of kids.
How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood?Middle life?Later life?
Unfortunately this question was asked and she flipped on the interviewer. If I remember right.. "IS THIS GUY STUPID? IS HE NUTS?" or something like that... Either way, being colored and trying to find a good job back in her day (wasn't it like 70's? 80's?) was very very hard. You had to try and go beyond to get something that wasn't below minimum wage and got you crap for a weekly check. Middle life? Haha... she had her kids prostituting, selling drugs... whatever was illegal im sure she did it. Later? She's living off welfare with 2 other sons in the household (at the end 3...?) who were living off such a small amount of income.
How did Rosalee change through her life?From her experiences?How did Rosalees story affect you?
I probably missed the critical points during the movie of her change. I dont really recall it. But from her experiences she wanted out. For good. Her story affect me? Only the fact that the government didnt seem to give a lot of help even that she was a repeat offender with a ton of children...
Has America changed?If so, how?If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here?
Obviously America has changed....and it's changed because of all the crap that goes on, it gets solved or partially solved, thrown to the past and many people just move on...
Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans?
- It reinforced racial stereotypes, evne if it may not be true for all blacks, it was shown that way in the film.
Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee? Did other opportunities exist for her?
- It hurt Rosalee. Welfare made her lazy, and she had no intent to get a real job. She spent all the money on drugs rather then on the family. She seemed to be full of excuses.
Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime? Why or why not?
- Some of her family turned to drugs, but only because she influenced them to do so, it wasn't because they were poor.
What impact did drugs have on Rosalee? On her children? What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs?
- It destroyed her life, along with her children. She learned her lesson. She fell too deep into these problems that she was unable to come back out of it.
How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood? Middle life? Later life?
- According to the film, nothing. The reason her life was destroyed was because of her own dessicions na mistakes, not because of others.
How did Rosalee change through her life? From her experiences? How did Rosalees story affect you?
- Of cource, she stopped doing drugs herself, but she also did nothing ot stop ehr children. She seemed to have nothing but excuses, you cna even see that she has different answers hten her children on why things happened the way it did.
Has America changed? If so, how? If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here?
- I cannot answer this question accuratly, I do not live on the streets nor prostitute myself or take drugs.
Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans?
Rosalees story does reinforce racial stereotypes and reflects realities affecting African Americans. Illegal drugs, prostitution, and welfare show stereotypes and reflects reality
Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee? Did other opportunities exist for her?
Welfare has hurt Rosalee because the one income with all the children was not enough to support the family.Other opportunities did not exist.
Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime? Why or why not?
Her family was not equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime.They went to school and finished and decided to take a different path from Rosalee.
What impact did drugs have on Rosalee? On her children? What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs?
The impact drugs had on Rosalee was very strong that she couldnt support her family and herself. She became a prostitute and sold drugs.Using drugs made her more into poverty. She also got some of her children stuck on the drugs too.
How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood? Middle life? Later life?
Segregation affected her school education. She didnt get to learn how to read until middle school.
How did Rosalee change through her life? From her experiences? How did Rosalees story affect you?
She changed when she realized she needed to better her life.She realized that the drugs and past experiences to get by were very hard to get through in life.Her story affected me because she was a female who was trying to get by but she had to face a lot of obstacles just to realize what she did was wrong.
Has America changed? If so, how? If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here?
I believe America has changed.It has because there is not as much racism, segregation and there is a lot of help and support for welfare. Also there is help for drug addicts.
Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans? I think that Rosalee's story did both because it reinforced the racial stereotypes of African Americans with crime and drugs while it also reflected the realities affecting African Americans that grow up poor and the tough times that they have to go through to live.
Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee?Did other opportunities exist for her? I think that welfare hurt Rosalee because it was a easy way for her to get money withiout having to work and she used it towards drugs and helped her addiction. Other opportunities did exist but it is hard to get jobs when you have all of those children and a drug habbit.
Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime?Why or why not? Yes, i think that her family was equally affected by everything because she prostituted one of her daughters and got her sons into drug dealing so they had to deal with it jsut as much as she did.
What impact did drugs have on Rosalee?On her children?What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs? Drugs had a major impact on Rosalee and the way she and her family lived. The drugs also had an impact on her children because some of them got into the drugs and selling them.
How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood?Middle life?Later life? Segregation and racism affected Rosalee's life because it made it very hard to get a job and make a living the right way.
How did Rosalee change through her life?From her experiences?How did Rosalees story affect you? Rosalee changed by finally giving up the prostitution and drugs and getting help because she was tired of living a bad life and learned from her experiences.
Has America changed?If so, how?If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here? Yes, America has changed because there is less racism and segregation and it is easier for African Americans to get jobs and go to school to make something of there life without using or selling drugs.
Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans? Honestly, i don't think that being poor, drug addicted, and having a lot of children is a racial stereotype, i just think its a poor decision. I guess it reflects some realities, but not of being poor and black, just being poor. I think that everything was so difficult for her because she was uneducated and a drug addict and I really think that if some one is a combination of the two then of course theyre going to have a bad life
Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee? Did other opportunities exist for her? I feel like welfare did help a little, but not for a woman that stole, prostituted, and sold drugs, I feel like welfare in this case is just abuse. I think that she did have other options and ine the story a reporter was telling her of those options and she had every excuse to take advantage of those offers. The truth is there were programs around to help her; she didnt take them and now she has an even worse life and wants forgiveness for her mistakes. At any moment she could have stopped and thought Maybe whoring off my daughter isnt the right way to do things, maybe I should get a real job
Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime? Why or why not? No, most of her sisters and brothers made out fine, off drugs and poverty. This is probably because they were thinking more about the future and not the present. I feel like they made out better because they were more mature about everything.
What impact did drugs have on Rosalee? On her children? What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs? Drugs made her poor, they made her kids poor. Theyre all uneducated. She has AIDS. Drugs have only affected her negatively. I dont think that she has really learned anything. I just think that shes getting a lot of praise for ruining 8 childrens lives and her own, but just because she admits that the school she went to was segregated shes getting off easier than she should be. The fact of the matter is that she was literally a stupid whore and ruined her 8 kids lives and people feel bad. Of course this is a misfortunate woman but honestly she didnt NEED to do anything that she did. I dont feel a little bad at all.
How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood? Middle life? Later life? I just that that segregation hurt her. She felt stupid, and then got pregnant. Then when her kids were able to attend school they resisted, like most kids do, but because she had a baby when she was a child she never grew up, so she never made them go to school. I dont think that segregation had much of an impact; I think shes pulling a race card. She , again, could have done other things, she really could have learned to read, and the reporter caught her in a lie when she brought this up during the interview. But Rosalee acted like she hadnt heard of that. Shes a liar, she would have heard about this if she had actually gone out and tried to educate herself.
How did Rosalee change through her life? From her experiences? How did Rosalees story affect you? I REALLY DONT THINK SHE CHANGED AT ALL. IT MAKES ME MAD THAT I, A VERY YOUNG GIRL CAN WORK 25-30 HOURS A WEEK PAY RENT GO TO SCHOOL AND THAT WOMAN DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL DID DRUGS AND HAD 8 KIDS BY DIFFERENT MEN AND GOT MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS SYSTEM IS UNFAIR. IT MAKES ME MAD THAT PEOPLE DONT EVEN TRY TO WORK. SHE NEVER ONCE SAID THAT SHE TRIED TO GET AJOB AND MAKE SOMETHING FOR HERSELF. IS THAT MY FAULT? GROW UP AND LOOK AROUND, LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE JOBS, ITS NOT HORRIBLY DIFFICULT.
Has America changed? If so, how? If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here? No, people still do and sell drugs, go to jail, prostitute, let their kids get rapped, drop out of school, and blame everything on everyone else with work ethic and morals.
Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans?
Alittle of both really. She inforces the stereotype that black people are poor, lazy, drug addict, crime commiting blah blah etc, She actually does that pretty well but her story isn't completly outlandish and is common in poorer parts of innercities and such. Especially back in those days.
Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee?Did other opportunities exist for her?
Hurt her most definitely, gave her a reason to avoid getting a real job like any member of a functioning society and fueled her reason to steal and be a prostitute.
Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime?Why or why not?
No, they all got out of what they grew up in and avoided all that crap. Got decent jobs and where did not flunk at life.
What impact did drugs have on Rosalee?On her children?What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs?
Of course they impacted her. Helping her make terrible decisions, get put in jail, her children too.
Has America changed?If so, how?If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here?
America has most definitely changed. Segregation is legally gone and racism is no where near as rampant as it was. There are programs to help the poor and school system is much better
1. i dont think rosa lees story is neither. I think that people choose the way they live and the decisions they make in their lives. I feel no sympathy towards her. If anything i think she added to the stereotypes that people give african americans.
2. I dont think welfare did anything wrong. She could haven got a real job just like everyone else does. Her becoming a prostitute and a drug dealer/user is her own fault. Like i said before you make your own decisions. People shouldnt be leeching of of welfare.
3. Her brothers and sisters handled the situation differently. They wanted a better life and did what they had to to get there. she chose to steal, prostitute, and use drugs. That is her own fault.
4. Drugs ruined RosaLee and her childrens lives. It got them into alot of trouble. It made them poor. I think that she screwed up all of their lives when there were other ways out. Honestly i feel no sympathy. Once again its her own fault.
5. America has changed dramatically. Welfare takes care of alot of people in this country. Most of our tax dollars go to takling care of the poor. people need to get off their lazy bottoms and get a job just like everyone else and stop using the government.
* i know all that made me sound cold hearted and bitter but it really was her fault and i dont think she deserves praise or sympathy at all. you chose the direction you want your life to go. It truely is her own fault.
1. Rosa Lee did a little of both. Yes, she represents the stereotypes that African Americans are usually labeled with, but many African Americans across the country are facing the same problems that she did.
2. Welfare hurt Rosa Lee, though not entirely by its fault. Welfare didn't supply enough money to support Rosa, but she had problems of her own that made it worse.
3. Rosa's siblings were not as affected by crime, drugs, poverty, etc. This is because they fought hard to get their education and jobs to improve their situation. It took some luck and a lot of work, but some of Rosa's siblings managed to do just fine.
4. Rosa's life was torn apart by her drug habits. She passed these habits on to some of her children while the others were deeply hurt by growing up around drugs. Although a good deal of her life was (and still is) spent fighting her drug habits and the drug habits of her children, she has learned that they only hurt her and she would most likely have changed what she had done if she could have started over.
5. Segregation forced Rosa Lee to accept a subpar education and a hard life in childhood, squandering her initially very capable mind. Not much changed in her middle age with drugs and prejudice keeping her living in the ghetto. In her later life, Rosa was unable to improve her life thanks to the problems of her childhood.
6. Rosa Lee changed in a number of ways throughout her life, most of them concerning her lifestyle. In her childhood, she wanted a better education because she felt the classes she was assigned were too slow. Later, however, her lower class background made life for her hard, so she turned to selling drugs and prostitution to raise her children. In her later years, she finally tried to stay clean and continued to support her children.
7. America has changed a lot since Rosa Lee was growing up. When Rosa Lee was a child, segregation was prominent and encouraged. Discimination placed a very large burden on Rosa's shoulders in her struggle to make enough money to simply survive. Now, education is much more standardized and discrimination in the workplace is illegal. There's still a lot of inequality due to the difficulty of rising above your family's economic class, but we've definitely come a long way from days of Rosa Lee's childhood.
Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans? I guess it reinforces racial stereotypes because she was a black poor woman on welfare but also not only colored people go through these things thats why it is kind of hard for me to answer this question.
Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee? Did other opportunities exist for her? Obviously it helped her, even though she says it didn't, that little bit of money she was getting was better than not getting anything at all. Opportunities could have existed for her but she never really tried to better her life and i think that has to do with people in her life not pushing her and just letting her go down the wrong road.
Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime? Why or why not? In my opinion i don't think her brothers and sisters were equally effected by things such as poverty and drugs. Yes it existed around them but they wanted better and maybe seeing their sister go through this made them want to be better.
What impact did drugs have on Rosalee? On her children? What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs? Drugs had a big impact on Rosalee and her children, because of drugs Rosalee was in and out of jail, she became addicted and because of her addiction some of her children became addicted. I'm not sure what she learned from the effect of drugs other than whne she's 60 she realises they ruin your life.
How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood? Middle life? Later life? When she was in school her class was segregated which affected her learning and i guess you could say what caused her to drop out but i don't blame her getting pregnant at age 13 and living a horrible life on racism. I blame it on herself and her parents.
How did Rosalee change through her life? From her experiences? How did Rosalees story affect you? In her later years (just before she is going to die), she realises she could have been better in raising her kids and making decisions, and goes to god for comfort and to change herself, but by then its WAY too late. Her story made me feel bad for her kids but thats about it.
Has America changed? If so, how? If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here? Obviously America isn't nearly as bad as it was then with racism but there is still racism and i think people just need to stop judging people by their color or the country they come from.
Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans? I think that it doesn't do either. Every person is responsible for the decisions they make. It has nothing to do with race or ethnicity.
Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee? I think that welfare helped her. It did give her food for her children. It is better than nothing.Did other opportunities exist for her? Yes, but she made so bad life choices.
Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime? Yes, all of them grew up in bad circumstances. Some of them made better choices though and have lived better lives.Why or why not?
What impact did drugs have on Rosalee? It made her waste the little money she did have. It also made her make some bad decisions like deciding to become a prostitute.On her children? MOst of her children saw her doing drugs, so they did drugs.What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs? She learned that her choices had a great impact on her childrens lives.
How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood? She wasn't allowed to be in better school enviroment. Middle life? She had to work only certain jobs. Some jobs weren't available due to her race.Later life?
How did Rosalee change through her life? She eneded up getting clean. SHe wasn't on drugs later in her life.From her experiences?How did Rosalees story affect you? It made me realize how bad of a drug problem that some people have. She did some crazy things.
Has America changed? America has changed with less racism and more understanding.If so, how?If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here?
Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans?
-I think it shows a side of both. It shows the stereotypes but the actualy realities many african americans face on a daily basis
Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee?Did other opportunities exist for her?
-I think overall it hurt her and she'd agree. Shes had many opportunities just like many others on welfare but did not take advantage of them when they were available.
Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime?Why or why not?
- Yes none of them really lived the way they should have. Nowadays she has successful children but during the harder times they were all equally affected in a negative way.
What impact did drugs have on Rosalee?On her children?What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs?
-Drugs gave her energy, she sed it to just get around untill she got addicted im sure a recovering addict has learned alot about drugs and the causes they have.
How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood?Middle life?Later life?
-It made things hard for her anywhere from fidning a job to prostituting her kids living off welfare with way too many kids, you name it.
How did Rosalee change through her life?From her experiences?How did Rosalees story affect you?
- I guess as she grew older she realized what a crappy life she was living and wanted out which is a good thing, this story didint really have an effect on me.
Has America changed?If so, how?If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here?
- Of course it has, and it will keep on changing. Some changes are for better and some for worse.
Does Rosalees story reinforce racial stereotypes or does it reflect realities affecting African Americans?
It reinforces racial stereotypes and reflects realities affecting African Americans. They go through these things every day; drugs, poverty, etc. It just so happens that African Americans are the ones who are most affected.
Did welfare help or hurt Rosalee? Did other opportunities exist for her?
It helped her to get by, but she sometimes misused it to get drugs and whatnot.She could have got help for her addictions so she didnt waste her money.It was hard for her to do that because of all her children.
Was her family (brothers and sisters) equally affected by poverty, racism, drugs, and crime? Why or why not?
No, because some of them got into drugs and crime, but others went out and got themselves better lives. They saw how badly it affected their family, so they wanted to be better.
What impact did drugs have on Rosalee? On her children? What lessons did she learn or not learn from the effect of drugs?
She was addicted to drugs and her children learned the bad habit from her. Some of them saw it as a warning of what could happen to them. She learned that it was a bad decision, but she was already addicted so she couldnt stop. She didnt learn how to stop and make things better for herself and her family.
How did segregation and/or racism affect Rosalees childhood? Middle life? Later life?
Her childhood, middle life, and later life were all affected by segregation. She thought everything happened because she was black.That was her excuse.
How did Rosalee change through her life? From her experiences? How did Rosalees story affect you?
She didnt really change because she lived her whole life miserably. It made me mda that she didnt do much to help herself and her family.
Has America changed? If so, how? If not, what needs to be done to create more equality and opportunity here?
America has changed because we arent as racist as we used to be.
