Blog 6

I read a commentary from one of my classmates, Younging So. The main point of his commentary is that about one in five kids in Texas lives in poverty.
I was quite surprised when I read his article because an image of Texas in my mind is an economically well-off state, and their welfare system seems to be doing well. However, according to his commentary, 1.7 million of the children are currently living in poverty, and especially the poverty rate for Latino children in Texas is three times the rate for White children. Because of racial disparities, minority children also face educational problems, and it can become a serious problem in the future. Therefore, I think Texas State should consider how they support minority children and how well-fed or educated they are.

First of all, Texas State should think about the basic insurance program. When I regard Texas as a country, they are the 10th largest economy in the world, but Texas also has one of the highest percentages of children without health insurance in the country (11%). It means that even though they have enough money to support health and education problems for minority children, they do not have a proper system. Therefore, they should think about the basic insurance program and start to help sick children.

Second, education problems are also one of the significant problems that Texas should consider. I personally think that at least educational opportunities should be fairly distributed to all children. Recently, Texas has been tried by the Federal Government because of the reduction of special education subsidies for disabled children in 2017. As such, Texas is reluctant to give educational opportunity fairly to all children. However, it causes serious future problems because children are the main characters of the future and even the Texas economy, regardless of their race or their disability. Well-educated children will be pulling out future Texas. Therefore, money for a fair education to all children will not be wasted.