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History of Ideas: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Past Present Future

CHAPTER

The High Cost of Poverty

This chapter discusses the concept that poverty is expensive and explores how being poor limits options and choices, resulting in having to pay more for basic necessities. It highlights the disproportionate impact of poverty on marginalized communities, the intersection of race and poverty, and the need to address systemic inequalities to level the playing field.

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