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Meet the Drivers Behind the Truck
One of the topics discussed during the HONS-499 class that we were asked to focus on was the concept of Martin Luther King’s Triple Evils, racism, poverty, and militarism. With my field of study, I think focusing on is poverty, more specifically worker exploitation and low wages among truck drivers. A large majority of truck drivers come from families who were also truck drivers or they are forced into the industry because others judge them based on their backgrounds and where they come from. Because of being treated this way, it makes it harder and harder for truck drivers to break the cycle of poverty. Some truck drivers who fall…


