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In 1989, Katherine Newman discovered a gap in our sociological, economic and anthropological understanding of the working poor in the inner city and sought to fill that gap with a personal, two-year study of over 200 African-American and Latino fast-food workers that culminated in “ No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City.”. No Shame in My Game Lyrics: Yo this is your host with the most / The grand-high exalted, never faulted / Known as Guru, sticking it to you / And this your co-host with the co-most / The mystic.

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'Powerful and poignant.. Newman's message is clear and timely.' --The Philadelphia Inquirer
In No Shame in My Game, Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work, family, and self-esteem are top priorities despite all the factors that make earning a living next to impossible--minimum wage, lack of child care and health care, and a despe..more
Published April 25th 2000 by Vintage (first published 1999)
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I seem to have a habit of choosing public policy books because I am interested in the personal stories of individuals affected by the socioeconomic problems at hand, but then find myself tuning out when the author gets into the nitty-gritty of the actual policy issues. Maybe for leisure reading I should stick to fiction for awhile..
Anyway, the book is great, and I wish it was updated for the 21st century, as it is based on research from the mid to late 90s when the U.S. economy was growing and..more
Read it for an anthropology class. I really did like this book because the author does her best to breakdown stereotypes of the poor, particularly the poor people of color. However, in her zeal to portray them as 'just like anyone else' but hit with hard times, particularly hard times reinforced by racist, capitalistic institutions, she creates this vacuum of personas where she is only essentially providing information about the most 'stellar' of community members. We essentially ONLY have stori..more
Jan 02, 2008Nate Trauntvein rated it really liked it
K.S. Newman, a sociologist at Princeton University, wrote No Shame in My Game (1999), an ethnography portraying the paradigm of the working poor in inner city New York (specifically Harlem). Newman communicated years of research (in-depth interviews, onsite observation, and participant observation) in a very logical, easy to understand manner. This information was organized thematically into chapters (i.e. Getting a Job in the Inner City, Family Values etc…) with several participants being follo..more
Oct 21, 2010Kressel Housman rated it it was amazing
Shelves: non-fiction, career-development, poverty, economics, business
The fast food industry meets Columbia University in this absorbing sociological study of the working poor. The author followed the daily lives of a number of “Burger Barn” employees, and you can’t help but respect these people. They work at low-paying, disrespected “McJobs” even though other paths, like welfare and crime, might actually pay more, at least in the short run. But for those who can stick it out, rude customers and all, a job at “Burger Barn” can lead to promotion into store manageme..more
Nov 07, 2012Nancy rated it did not like it
This was probably a good book to read in 1999, when it was first published. I found it so out of date that it was actually hard to read and could not complete it. I think an updated version would be much better.
'No one who works full-time should live below the poverty line.' (272)
Katherine Newman's No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City is one of those books I've been meaning to read for quite some time. I first encountered excerpts from it about a year ago, while taking a class on Family Policy that focused heavily on urban poverty, but we didn't read the whole book for class, so it found its way to my personal reading list. A year later, I actually picked it up from the library and started reading it.
It's quite good. Newman is an anthropologist at Colu..more
If you know nothing of urban poverty except that it doesn't look appealing while driving past at 65 miles per hour on the interstate, or it looks dangerous in movies - then this book and When Work Disappears by William Julius Wilson are the two books you should pick up.
Through years of interviews and following entry level workers at 'Burger Barns' around the boroughs of New York, plus hands on experience working those jobs, the author and her assistants have put together an even-handed, if a bit..more
I just happened to see this at the library and so I picked it up.
The first problem with this book, is that it was written 20 year ago. Minimum wage was 4.00, Clinton's welfare reform had just started, and there was no universal health care.
It is just a problem is sociology reports that once they are 5 years old, they world around has changed enough that it isn't on point any more.
Good things with the book - It improved my opinion of the 'burger flippers.' Granted, this book was written purely..more
Mar 17, 2015Joshua Hedlund rated it really liked it
This book provides a detailed look into the lives of the urban working poor. Armed both with comprehensive data and numerous anecdotes, Katherine Newman dispels many myths and stereotypes about those who strongly desire to follow the American work ethic but don't have the knowledge or connections to move up from where they are. The book focuses on fast-food workers in Harlem, examining in detail their ambitions, skills, work ethic, and challenges. It repeatedly drove home its core point that des..more
Oct 11, 2012Megan rated it liked it
This book was informative in regard to statistics on the working poor and the realities that many of these individuals face. I was particularly interested in the discussion of stigma in regard to fast-food jobs and the chapter on family values, though there were a number of other topics explored.
One of the advantages of the book was the use of individual stories to help illustrate her claims. I was hooked by the tales of real people (names changed to protect identity) and their lives, woven in n..more
Jul 25, 2009Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it really liked it
Katherine S. Newman, Ford Foundation Professor
of Urban Studies at Harvard, focuses much of
her research on America's urban poor. In No
Shame in My Game, Newman describes the results
of her two year research project in Harlem,
a project in which Newman and others studied
the lives of many of Harlem's working poor.
Many findings were surprising and contrary to
popular depictions of the poor. Most poor
people, Newman found, want to work and
spend numerous hours in fruitless searches
for work. Th..more
Sep 07, 2009Natalie rated it it was amazing
Many people talk about welfare and the poor, but few really understand the nature of poverty in America. Most people in poverty work, part time or full time, in the regulated economy or under the table, for cash or for in-kind services, many work 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet. What does it take to keep your head above water in Harlem (where the study was conducted), how possible is it that you can pull yourself up by the proverbial boot straps and escape the clutches of minimum wage? What opport..more
Jun 24, 2018Chan-joo Moon rated it really liked it
Great book that brings the reader into the lives of the working poor in the ghettos. The author and her assistants spent several years tracking the lives of the working poor in Harlem. She shows us the family connections that help the working poor find childcare and support in times of need, and shows the challenges they face in trying to find a good job. Let's just say it's one thing to hear sweeping generalizations, and quite another to see a guy in the year 2000 getting up each morning at 5 a..more
2004-I was actually assigned to read this book for my Introduction to Sociology class. While I might not have picked it up on my own, I found that it wasn't that bad. Newman tells us stories of the working poor in Harlem, many who work at the local 'Burger Barn'. Their struggles do really grip you and give you a different picture of these people. While a couple of chapters were a little bogged down in numbers, and Newman assumes her readers are familiar with some aspects of welfare and such, o..more
Aug 26, 2012Betty rated it liked it
Written by an anthropologist this work provides insight into the lives of the working poor, particularly inner city individuals who work in the fast food industry. 12+ years after welfare reform we are keeping tabs on the number of jobs created. Yet the conversation also needs to address the kinds of jobs--do they have benefits? can working families afford childcare with the wages? is there opportunity to grow and advance? These are important considerations because work without real opportunity..more
No Shame in My Game documents the working poor of inner cities. Newman does an excellent job capturing more than statistics with extensive and long-term case studies. Newman falters somewhat in the final chapter before the epilogue when she documents several of the programs attempting to address the problems of the working poor. Newman's greatest strength is her compassion and insight for the complicated lives of the working poor.
Read this for my Homelessness & Poverty in America class, it's technical book but shows why welfare reform is not such an easy fix as kicking people off assistance. It's a very complex subject. Life happens to everyone no matter how hard you plan but what happens when there's no plan in place? How do you recover after you child has been taken from you and you're jumping through all the hoops to get her back?
Jan 02, 2008Em rated it liked it
depressing book, but a good introduction to the problems facing the working poor as they attempt to move up the career ladder (definitely covers many of the same issues we see with the frontline healthcare workforce today, though newman's book focuses more on minimum wage workers in the fast food industry).
So goddamn long and the same points are repeated multiple times. It was interesting enough but it could have been half as long. It is, as expected, incredibly dated due to the nature of the book but the princples should hold rather steady.
An informative report on the working poor in Harlem and their struggles to make a living on or below the poverty level without taking advantage of the welfare system. It followed over 300 potential workers, giving family backgrounds and ethnic histories, into the job market.
Sociological study of Harlem, NY fast food workers. Interesting book but I found it difficult to complete. It is redundant in some places and could have been more interesting if the book spent more time discussing daily struggles of the study participants.
Apr 05, 2008Ryan Ohlson rated it it was amazing
This book presents an incredibly well-written and well-researched view of the working poor living in the inner city. This book uses personal stories to show the broader structural and institutionalized problems the working poor face every day. I highly recommend this book.
Aug 17, 2007Laura rated it really liked it
The book is less academic in approach than most since it is full of case studies which are much easier to read than pure theory. It was still a hard read that took longer than it probably should have, but I am glad of the perspective that it gave me.
I had to read this book for one of my classes and I have to say it was an excellent book. The thing that really stuck with me after I read this book was how the women had to put up with some screwed up relationships because they couldn't afford housing on their own. It was really eye opening.
Sep 04, 2013Lori rated it really liked it
This is a required book for my social science course. I enjoyed the book, although it is also sad to read about people struggling.
A good insightful book that opens up a world to view - helps to remove the sometimes stereotypes people have of poor people.
Amazing read and great insight into the struggles facing millions of Americans.
Some great stories about the 'working poor' in urban America. Addresses the complexities of poverty as well as looking at the issues with minimum wage, etc.
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interesting, multi-faceted analysis of minimum wage workers (and more legit than nickel and dimed in my opinion)
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Katherine Newman is Professor of Sociology and James Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Author of several books on middle class economic instability, urban poverty, and the sociology of inequality, she previously taught at the University of California (Berkeley), Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton.