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1. What does the average coal miner make (wages
per hour)?
a. $25/hr
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2. Who are some types of people a person might
find in the big, “White Ghetto.”
a. Very poor families Kids with hardly any schooling
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3. Why do you think the author calls it the “Big
White Ghetto?”
a. The Population of white people is so great, but
it mimics the ghettos that are more African American dominant
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4. What does the author suggests “keeps the
underclass in place?”
a. The government and their welfare program have
turned Appalachia into one big housing project.
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5. The author suggests that “poverty is the
natural condition ____ _______ ________ _______.”
a. Of the Human Animal
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6. How does Pepsi play into this?
a. They let people use their products that they are
selling to the people
Facts
1. In Owsley County the unemployment rate is at 150%
2. People use Pepsi and other products
as currency
3. Parents take their child or
children out of school to get money for Social Security
4. Coal mining is heading west at a
fast rate again
5. Your risk of dying could happen
sooner than it normally should
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