Welfare Brat

“My Life as a Welfare Brat” is an amazing story about woman on welfare. It shows how people can change their lives around. This was an adventurous transformation of a former welfare queen who portrays black women’s literacy. It illustrates how many black women weren’t born into ghettos where black people could read and write. They were forced to learn how to survive and hustle for their selves based on what they could get from their society. In the beginning of the chapter “My Life as a Welfare Brat”, there were the two women on the on the Oprah Winfrey show talking about how proud they were to be on Welfare. They were taking for granted the checks they were receiving from the government, food stamps, and Medical Assistance. Linda had been collecting money from welfare for an entire decade. She believed that welfare was not a privilege because she felt like they owed her for being a single parent mother. Linda felt that the only way she would benefit from welfare and food stamps was to take away everything from the program, even if it meant abusing the system. If that meant selling food stamps that was okay because the money was given to her and it “belonged” to Linda. She chose to live her life off of taxpayers so that she could stay at home and provide for her child. As you continue reading the Linda analyzed problems behind the Food Stamp Program through her room mates. Leona and Brenda used to have problems with Brenda’s social worker because welfare didn’t like Brenda living with another family member. They feared Leona might be supporting her younger sister and that Brenda might share some of her food stamp benefits with Leona. The sisters even had to keep their food separated in the refrigerator in case of an impromptu visit by the social worker. This book is relative to the Black Women's Literacy because we have to learn to follow the rules and especially the laws. Sp much people are going to jail because of breaking laws that they never even knew about. You have to learn to ask questions and avoid caous.