A harrowing look at poverty and eviction in Milwaukee, exposing systemic housing struggles post-2008 crisis.
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A harrowing look at poverty and eviction in Milwaukee, exposing systemic housing struggles post-2008 crisis.
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City is a 2016 non-fiction book by American author Matthew Desmond. Set in the poorest areas of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the book follows eight families struggling to pay rent to their landlords during the financial crisis of 2007–2008. Through a year of ethnographic fieldwork, Desmond's goal in the book is to highlight the issues of extreme poverty, affordable housing, and economic exploitation in the United States.
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What's Inside
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Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Minor mentions of physical altercations; not graphic.
Profanity
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Moderate use of strong language in dialogue.
Substance use
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Recurring references to drug and alcohol use; cautionary tone.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Brief mentions of LGBTQ+ individuals; not central.
Religious content
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Minor references to faith or religious coping.
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present.
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present.
Political content
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Strong focus on systemic poverty and housing policy issues.
Self-harm / suicide
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Brief mentions of despair; no explicit acts depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Frequent depictions of systemic suffering and domestic struggles.
Other
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