Impact Of Socio-Economic Class

Many people believe that big businesses pose a threat to the future of America. Big business owners continue to get rich by taking advantage of its employees and their consumers, leaving them in a continuous state of demand. One of the first large corporations to form in America

To the society in the story, Greasers are considered "white trash" and are treated worse than the higher social class. These kids are judged from how much money they have, not who they are as people. This theme is not just fictional, however. The world has seen prejudice against social class for a very long

Many believe that if were born in a rich family then will be rich, and if in poor family then will be poor, for the whole life. Also, many think that race discrimination prevents succeed, but it is not true. To succeed in life people need endure hardship in life and work to overcome these problems and become a better person. However, people should not only use the hard work in order to impress others, but to achieve the goals that they set for themselves. In America, there are many people from other countries, and they are all different races.

The wealthy people tend to be unwilling to live in poor neighborhoods. All of the rundown homes on Mango Street are occupied by poor people. This quote may also be interpreted in a way reflecting racism throughout the text. In many different vignettes people are treated poorly because of their race. Racism and this text effects Esperanza and everyone around her in a very negative way.

The Black Death effected the laborers greatly, and because there were less laborers, nobles had to pay the laborers more. In turn this meant that the nobles had less wealth. For example, in 1347 at Cuxham manor in England a labored received two shillings a week, but by 1350 a laborer was paid nearly 11 shillings. Since the nobles had less wealth they were unable to afford the live and luxuries they were accustomed to. Unable to lead the same lives their high social status was affected.

Nowadays, it seems as if everyone wants to become rich. However, the large sum of money that is needed in order to be qualified as wealthy All throughout history different races and ethnicities have been restrained, in America this is especially true. Different scenarios in America’s past have had a lasting effect on the average wealth of different races because inheritance can add wealth to a family or individual. African Americans were once enslaved and denied their own civil rights, and in today’s world they face discrimination. These factors have affected the amount of money they will have on average because discrimination and racial stereotypes can prevent them from getting jobs and others may not see their full potential.

One point of social devaluation that is imperative to understand is exactly who the groups of people being oppressed are and who is doing the oppressing. Usually, people who are more well off in society are devaluing those who are not; one way to think about this idea is thinking in terms of people who are rich and people who are poor. Throughout history, rich people have often discriminated against and devalued people who were poor and did not have many valuables; these people were often times deemed useless and unimportant to society. Wolfensberger makes a point to mention that social devaluation comes in a couple of different forms; the two biggest forms of social devaluation come in forms of devaluing individuals or devaluing entire groups of people. With this in mind, Wolfensberger says that the latter form of devaluation is the one that makes the biggest impact because of how it creates different kinds of levels of social classes who are treated poorly in different ways (Wolfensberger, 2005,

And assets being the stuff that you own: your car, your house and your cash money is also an asset. It is the job of the government, leaders and citizens to ensure that the wealth and income is distributed equally among the population. However, when this fails due to corruption, discrimination among other causes the country is unable to move forward economically, further leading to poverty and civil unrest and other consequences. Surprisingly, statistics show that wealth inequality is not limited to only developing countries, but also some of the most developed countries. America, Israel and Greece are one of the countries with the worst income inequality.

Sociological Imagination The sociological imagination is the ability to look beyond one’s own everyday life as a cause for daily successes and failures and see the entire society in which one lives as potential cause for these things. Many individuals experience one or more social problems personally. For example, many people are poor and unemployed, many are in poor health, and many have family problems. When we hear about these individuals, it is easy to think that their problems are theirs alone, and that they and other individuals with the same problems are entirely to blame for their difficulties. Sociology imagination takes a different approach, as it stresses that individual problems are often rooted in problems stemming from aspects

Social class is a hierarchy based on wealth, living standards, education level and occupation which impact people’s lives for better or worse. In this essay, I have chosen to explore the idea of how social classes affect the way we treat people. The four texts To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, and Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen all capture the idea in which social class can affect our lives. In each text, we see how social classes divide people from another, that most characters are aware of where they stand in their society because of social status, and how relationships across different social classes can be formed. One of the main connections across these four texts is the division of social classes.