Essay On Social Values

What is a social value? A social value is a moral society values in the community. Some social values that have changed over time are valuing someone’s skin color, materialistic items, and working. People have social values for numerous of reasons, and each one has some type of effect to them. One social value that has changed over the years is the color of a person’s skin. People are judged because of their skin color, especially African Americans. The cause of African Americans being judged is that their ancestors were slaves. Another cause is racist people, or someone who shows discrimination to another race . Because of their ancestors and racist people, they are judged by others. People think they are cruel. For example, Brent Staples

People who are materialistic value material possessions, and they are concerned with what other people think of them. Back in the day, people enjoyed their life no matter what kind of clothes they wore, accessories they had, or what their appearance was. This has drastically changed over the years. Reality television shows that show the lives of celebrities is one cause of people being materialistic. The show Keeping Up With The Kardashians, records the life of one of the richest families in America. The Kardashians live a very high lifestyle. For example, they all get plastic surgery, drive luxurious cars, and have all name brand items. Because of this show, people get surgeries to look like them, and they want to purchase all name brand items. In the essay, “Skin Deep: Seeking Self-Esteem through Surgery” Camille Sweeney tells a story of a family who has had many plastic surgeries, because of celebrities. “But to someone raised in a culture of celebrity obsession and makeover TV shows- not to mention the fact that when Kristen was 16, her mother and older sister had received breast implants- she believed a shapely bust line was her due” (Sweeney, 2009, pg.409). Another cause of people being materialistic is being judged for not having “nice” things. The upper class people will judge the lower class people for not having the things they have, which makes them insecure. For example, I overheard a girl ask