Intersectionality of welfare

The welfare system simply isn't working. Sure, it provides money to families that are struggling with one or more parent unemployed and makes a very feeble attempt at helping these people acquire jobs but what does the welfare system really do? More specifically what does welfare mean to Black women? According to Golden, racism and sexism are built into the very core of the governmental institution. If you are Black, a woman, unemployed, and single, the system is not built for you. There is a stereotype that has been endorsed since the establishment of the welfare system in 1935; if you receive welfare then you are uneducated and unmotivated...basically you are a "mooch" that will never go anywhere or do anything productive. Instead of taking the time to find out what people's work backgrounds are and what their career goals are, the welfare system focuses only on getting a job fast. Granted having some sort of job is better than no job at all, the buck shouldn't stop there. People that receive welfare are people too and if the program truly seeks to get people off of welfare then it needs to pay attention to and validate people's literacies. Assuming that there are no ambitions or goals is wrong and needs to change. If the focus of the system was more "individual-oriented" then people would be able to get jobs that were sustainable and reliable and get off of welfare, hopefully, for good. It only takes one positive experience to set someone up for success for the rest of their lives and that experience could be in a guidance session/job training/GED program that the self-sufficiency coaches orchestrate. If the training of those individuals (SSCs) changed to exclude the biases (especially towards Black, single, female parents) and focus on helping the individual achieve their highest level of success (or at least develop goals) the system would have no choice but to change.