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Race, Inequality and Welfare Policies Dr. Bullock worked with numerous people regarding the intersection of race, inequality and welfare. In 2003 Dr. Bullock studied how people identify themselves in a certain class and created strategies for class mobilization. In 2005, Dr. Bullock explored how work requirements, single motherhood, and "citizenship" were used in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to maintain racist, sexist and classist approaches and continued to widen economic inequality. In 2008 Dr. Bullock explored the reasons certain people supported progressive verses restrictive welfare policies. Dr. Bullock found that people who attributed poverty to systemic problems were more likely to support progressive policies compared to those who thought poverty was the individual's fault. Through this work she developed strategies for building support for expansive welfare reform. Dr. Bullock found that in 2009 most media outlets favored reduction of funding for welfare and supported increased tax breaks. In 2010 she found that welfare recipients supported increased welfare funding compared to social workers and felt more work needed to be done to bridge the gap between social workers and their welfare recipients.

In Intersections of Ethnicity and Social Class in Provider Advice Regarding Reproductive Health, Bullock, Roberta Downing, and Thomas A. LaVeist worked on research to explore stigmatization of low income women in regards to child bearing. They completed a study assessing whether healthcare providers discouraged low income women and women of color to limit their number of future children compared to middle class white women. They found that low income women of color and low income Latinas were at increased odds of being discouraged from having children compared to middle class white women. Their research demonstrates how ethnicity and social class play a role in women's interaction with reproductive health care.

In Media Images of the Poor, Bullock, Karen Fraser Wyche, and Wendy R. Williams worked on a review on the current stereotypical images presented of the poor in the mainstream media. They assessed the current prevalence of such imagery as well as classist, racist and sexist imagery. They were particularly interested in looking at whether media depictions the poor changed after welfare reform in 1999. They determined that most articles expressed the obstacles welfare recipients and the poor faced with sympathy. They felt the media did not do a good enough job conceptualizing poverty, exploring its causes, and seeking solutions. Overall they felt the media presented economic inequality and poverty superficially and felt it was the media's responsibility to challenge beliefs about poverty and generate a movement towards welfare and social class reform.

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