Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
This narrative falsely portrayed Black women as abusing the welfare system by having children out of wedlock, stigmatizing the legitimate need for usually meager forms of public assistance. Another woman in Mississippi shared a story of having to lock her children in a room in the absence of childcare to fulfill work requirements.
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