Lorena Prifti

IDS – 400

Module Four: How Income Affects Diversity in the Midwest

One significant factor that could affect the positive elements in income levels affecting

diversity in the Midwest would be assumptions. Insiders assume this is how everyone makes

money since everyone they are surrounded by is in similar positions. Outsiders would have

assumptions about lifestyle, values, political beliefs and would rate lower income communities

and states based on these factors. However, another significant factor is the bias that people have

when making these considerations. In order to create job opportunities, centers and workshops

for more and more people to attend high school and finish college, there cannot be any bias

toward who gets funding to create these projects. This could be a sensitive topic as sometimes

people don’t know how bad the position they are in is until they see an outsider’s perspective.

Opening people up to these opportunities will allow them to be more accepting as they are

offered to better the lives of the community and the community itself.

An obstacle that could interfere with the population’s engagement would be technology,

or the lack thereof. As mentioned earlier, it would be easier to email surveys and grab real live

demographic information from lower income communities, but if they do not have the resources,

that would be an area of improvement. It would involve a lot of training, funding and time.

With the survey, we hope to accomplish a real time demographic questionnaire in order

to better assist lower income communities in the Midwest. In doing so, others should feel

inspired by also doing small acts for their communities by holding town meetings, council

meetings and going off what makes sense for their community. It would not make sense to insert
a corporation in the middle of a rural farmland since the two are completely different; however,

the Accounting side of the farm doesn’t need to be outsourced to third party companies if we are

able to teach people how to use popular Accounting systems and have in-house talent.

Showcasing how we teach people to be successful on their own while still maintaining the

lifestyle they love and in the communities they love.