ABSTRACT
Economic disadvantage in the United States of America is considered the root of social economic disparities. Access to quality healthcare, housing, and education has its price. Members of society who have limited financial resources become the most vulnerable and susceptible for being marginalized and alienated by the haves in this false dichotomy. Names, labels, and categories like impoverished, poor, underrepre-sented, underserved, disadvantaged, underachievers, homeless, and so on, which identify a condition, are given as a means of describing one's humanity. These descriptors and resulting stigmas create barriers, burdens, and ultimately disparities.
