No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City
No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City
Author: Katherine S. Newman
Desc: "Powerful and poignant.... Newman's message is clear and timely." --The Philadelphia Inquirer In No Shame in My Game Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work family and self-esteem are top priorities despite all the factors that make earning a living next to impossible--minimum wage lack of child care and health care and a desperate shortage of even low-paying jobs. By intimately following the lives of nearly 300 inner-city workers and job seekers for two yearsin Harlem Newman explores a side of poverty often ignored by media and politicians--the working poor. The working poor find dignity in earning a paycheck and shunning the welfare system arguing that even low-paying jobs give order to their lives. No Shame in My Game gives voice to a misrepresented segment of today's society and is sure to spark dialogue over the issues surrounding poverty working and welfare.