Eubanks’ central premise is that the poor are largely portrayed, particularly by conservatives, as either criminals or freeloaders and as the main problem with American society. They are not all as tragic, but serve as alarming evidence that Americans continue to treat poor people as second-class citizens. She had died on March 1.Īutomating Inequality, Virginia Eubanks’ new book about how automated eligibility systems “profile, police, and punish” the poor, is loaded with horror stories like Young’s. Finally, on March 2, 2009, Young got her benefits back. Young embarked upon a months-long appeal to restore her benefits, during which she was unable to afford medications and struggled to pay her rent. Nevertheless, the system registered that she “failed to cooperate,” and cut off all her public assistance, including food stamps, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. She placed a call to her local help center to let them know. Young suffered from cancer, and on the day of her appointment she was undergoing treatment and unable to attend. In the fall of 2008, after Indiana launched its automated benefits eligibility system, Omega Young was notified that she needed to recertify for Medicaid.
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