How do race and social class combine to define the lives of people who live in poverty in the U.S.?

300 word essay including a thesis. 2-3 double space. MLA format citations. Has to based off the text book Race, class and gender in the united states by Paula s Rothenberg. here are some of the chapters:
Part I Introduction: The Social Construction of Difference: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, Paula Rothenberg, pp. 7-12
Imagine a Country, 2012, Holly Sklar, pp. 324-334
Domination & Subordination, Jean Baker Miller, pp. 110-116
Oppression, Marilyn Frye, pp. 149-152
The Problem of Discrimination, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, pp. 263-273
Defining Racism: “Can We Talk?”, Beverly Daniel Tatum, pp. 125-132
Constructing Race, Creating White Privilege, Pem Davidson Buck, pp. 33-38
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh, pp. 175–179
Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, Annette Lareau, pp. 180-188.
Class in America: 2012, Gregory Mantsios, pp. 189-207
Deconstructing the Underclass, Herbet Gans, pp. 104-109
“Nickel and Dimed” from The American Ruling Class
(about 10 mins), Bill Moyers
Cause of Death: Inequality, Alejandro Reuss, pp. 389-393
Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid, Jonathan Kozol, pp. 627-640
College Choices Are Limited for Students From Needy Families, Report Says, Stephen Burd, pp. 308-309
Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson on Engineered Inequality
(36:01), Bill Moyers
The Making of the American 99% and the Collapse of the Middle Class, Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich, pp. 350-354
Wealth Gaps Rise To Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks, Hispanics: Twenty-to-One, Kochhar, Fry, & Taylor, pp. 355-361