White Picket Fences Book Review for Tyndale Book Bloggers

Does being the mother of a infant with a disability mean you are less than a parent? Does having a infant with a disability mean, the infant is wrong somehow? Does it mean the parents aren't fit to be parents? And they need help to care for their infant. In White Picket Fences Amy Becker addresses these issues with great care and raw truth.  Amy Becker is resting in the hospital after giving birth to her daughter, Penny when she overhears a woman in the bed next her, speaking Spanish. She had just given birth as well. Two mothers connected because they were mothers. Ms. Becker wonders if the woman's story fits the profile of a woman from the "inner city" Unemployed, Surrounded by violence and murder."  What kind of home does she live in?  They don't have much in common the Hispanic mother is mostly likely poor, and doesn't have the financial resources  to provide for her baby. Whereas, Ms. Becker has the financial means and supports to quit her job if she chooses to. The Hispanic mother cannot. She relies on government assistance to provide for her family. She might even be homeless. She is not educated. She is shoved off to the side from society. Where she is supposed to be she will most likely never move out of the cycle of poverty. Meanwhile, Ms. Becker says in the book on page 75,  "She was born into wealth" Whiteness with expectations  and opportunities for education and career advancement that will connect her to more wealth and more possibilities within the world of wealth."  And She makes her home there, the world she has always known.  As a result, she is cut of from the hardships of the poor. The invisible wall between the classes and races that stands in the United States. Still life goes on.  Ms. Becker shares a very telling sat. in her book, White people enroll in graduate college at higher rates than African Americans, or Hispanics. Unemployment is double for African Americans p. 80. White people get paid more than people of color.  Simply put if you are white, wealthy, and educated you get treated better in society than if you are not.  For example, I walk into an job interview dressed in business attire, and speaking well (educated)  I will get treated better than if I wore jeans and spoke poorly( not educated). It is sad, but it is the truth. Society takes you more serious if you present yourself well. Whereas if you are poor or lower class people will disrespect you and assume you are not smart. In short, more money equals more power. less money no power.  Maybe someday the invisible wall will be torn down, and people who are different will be given the chance to be in the light.

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