September
2008
Episode 14 - Manon
Episode 14 of 24. A reading from the book Policies of Exclusion, Poverty & Health: Stories from the front. Compiled, with Introduction and Reports by Chrystal Ocean. Copyright 2005.
I have sat in the privilege of judgement. I invested in the myths that people on Welfare are losers, drunks, and lazy or useless parents that abandon their children. I did that right up until I stood with them. There I was frightened, hungry, tired, and incredibly lost.
The method for this story began as Interview, but as the process continued to unfold Manon felt compelled to put pen to paper. Writing beautifully, she manages to convey what it feels like, emotionally and psychologically, to be a lone parent in poverty. As the quote above makes clear, Manon knows the challenge for people not in poverty to understand and not stigmatize those who are. She too, like many of us, judged in ignorance.
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