My Name Is Not Those People By Julia K. Dinsmore My name is not ―Those People.‖ I am a loving woman, a mother in pain, Giving birth to the future, where my babies Have the same chance to thrive as anyone. My name is not ―Inadequate.‖ I did not make my husband leave us He chose to, and chooses not to pay child support. Truth is though; there isnt a job base For all fathers to support their families. While society turns its head, my children pay the price. My name is not ―Problem and Case to Be Managed.‖ Im a capable human being and citizen, not just a client. The social service system can never replace The compassion and concern of loving grandparents, aunts, uncles, fathers, cousins, community all the bonded people who need to be But are not present to bring little ones forward to their potential. My name is not ―Lazy, Dependent Welfare Mother.‖ If the unwaged work of parenting, homemaking, and community building were factored into the gross domestic product, My work would have untold value. And why is it that mothers whose Husbands support them to stay home and raise children Are glorified? And why dont they get called lazy or dependent? My name is not ―Ignorant, Dumb or Uneducated.‖ I got my PhDo from the university of life, school of hard everything. I live with an income of $621 with $169 in food stamps for three kids. Rent is $585 … That leaves $36 dollars a month to live on. … Just build more prisons! My name is not ―Lay Down and Die Quietly.‖ My love is powerful, and the urge to keep my children alive will never stop. All children need homes and people who love them. All children need safety And the chance to be the people they were born to be. The wind will stop before I allow my sons to become a statistic. Before you give in to the urge to blame me, The blame that lets us go blind and unknowing Into isolation that disconnects Your humanity from mine, Take another look. Dont go away. For I am not the problem, but the solution. And … my name is not ―Those People.‖ From My Name Is Child of God …Not Those People‟ A First-Person Look at Poverty by Julia K. Dinsmore, 2007. Reproduced by special permission of Augsburg Fortress Publishers.
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