Defining racism in an age when it is subtle rather than “in your face.” Helping the racist who would not classify himself as such to understand how insidious racism is. Poverty is a denial to basic human needs. It is a sense of powerlessness and helplessness in life. Poverty is measured based on estimated minimum required income/consumption levels. “Gold mountain” is the mythical name given to the United States by the Chinese to symbolize familial aspirations for wealth, freedom and happiness. In a playful exchange in Maxine Hong Kingston’s China Men (1989), the rubric “Gold Mountain” becomes detached from the aura of myth, owing to the pressure of painful, dehumanizing experiences undergone by generations of sojourners and settlers from the 1860’s onward. It becomes what it is - a floating signifier, a charisma-laden mana, lulling the traveler to wherever his imagination or ethos or adventurous Utopian drive take him. “Gold mountain” is the mythical name given to the United States by the Chinese to symbolize familial aspirations for wealth, freedom and happiness. In a playful exchange in Maxine Hong Kingston’s China Men (1989), the rubric “Gold Mountain” becomes detached from the aura of myth, owing to the pressure of painful, dehumanizing experiences undergone by generations of sojourners and settlers from the 1860’s onward. It becomes what it is - a floating signifier, a charisma-laden mana, lulling the traveler to wherever his imagination or ethos or adventurous Utopian drive take him.