journal #23

slums: Today I came across an unfamiliar word as I was reading. I thought it meant a place where you don't have a home, people who are homeless. To make sure I checked on what it meant, turns out i was somewhat right. The definition was a squalid and overcrowded urban street or distinct inhabited by very poor people. It related to the text by if it weren't for people who were raised like slums, people wouldn't have made valuable contributions. It relates to life by poor people living in streets and not having anywhere to live.