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The Urban Underclass: Challenging THe Myths ABout America's Urban Poor
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Paul Peterson and Christopher Jencks, co editors of "The Urban
Underclass," and William Julius Wilson, a contributor to the book, will
conduct a public symposium from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the
Brookings auditorium. Discussants will .... Middle of Term Paper
... poor
percentage of the population inhabiting Americas central cities.
Among the trends cited: An inevitable rise in the percentage of teen
agers who are unmarried mothers, exploding welfare rolls, and legions of
high school dropouts consigned forever to joblessness. Yet none of these
perceptions is true, according to a new Brookings book, The Urban
Underclass. Edited by Christopher Jencks of Northwestern University and
Paul E. Peterson of Harvard, this set of essays attempts to separate the
truth about poverty, social dislocation and changes in American family life
from the myths that have become part of contemporary folklore.
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