Social Class And Social Inequality

American history is built on affairs regarding freedom and equality, but negative issues thought to be conquered in the past have also become present day problems. When confronting controversial social, economic, and political topics in America today, the line between fact and opinion blurs. People across the country develop their own views on national issues, based only on personal experience and what the media tells them. Whether it be intention or ignorance, Americans are not supplied with enough information to accurately confront the major, national problems that lie just inside this country’s borders. Americans are unaware of slavery and socioeconomic issues that exist around them, which in turn presents a concern when trying to combat

Achievement and success determines the way a person can be perceived other aspects contribute to this classification as well, for example race or gender. Social classes have been established from the beginning of civilization as a way of dividing people with power and wealth and those who were not as fortunate. Social stratification rates people in social classes based on inequality and possibility of progress. For years this stratification system has lead to conflict between classes that have caused revolutions because overall dictatorship of power. It's only human nature to compare your own success to others, but as history has shown, some social classes take it too far. Within social class is numerous amounts of concepts regarding people's understanding along with acceptance of social status including mobility and ability to prosper.

Sense of belonging to a social class is intense as it become like a culture of that particular social class. Socioeconomic status of a person may be affected by their education, occupation and income and sometimes it’s inherited from their family (Hunt & Colander, 2011). People with higher socioeconomic status owns greater purchasing power than those with lower socioeconomic status which also mean that they own better access to the education, occupation, infrastructure and power, and they also have higher income than those who is in the lower classes.

Steve Boss, is the coordinator for the Black Academic Excellence (BAEC) in Student Academic Services where, he serves the black students population at California Polytechnic State University. BAEC is a program that provides a safe place for black students to build a community and partake in an inclusive environment of black history and culture. In addition, it provides academic support to increase retention and degree completion. Historically, black students have being underrepresented in higher education institutions, with only 4.7 percent of the undergraduate population and have lower rate of graduating than Whites and Asians (Grier-Reed, Tabitha, Madyun, Na’im, Buckley, & Christopher, 2008). The authors cite the American Council on Education

Many would argue that society’s high poverty and unemployment rates are branched from individual failure. It’s believed to be because of the schools in urban communities are failing to properly educate our children. Social class, the haves and have not’s are reasoning for the economic disparity in American. Some individuals are more fortunate than others.

It is a real shame that when you are born determines whether you will be successful in life or not. A new born baby’s financial status determine whether they will go to a good school or college. If a family is wealthy and willing to spend money on your education, then you have a greater chance to become successful later in life. Someone who is born into a poor family who doesn’t have enough money to put you in a good school won’t have as equal of an opportunity to become successful later in life. Class standing at birth is an unfair and unfortunate way to categorize new born babies on their future in the social spectrum.

In today’s emotionally charged political society, the issues of race and gender are hotly contested and well documented, but another issue is less well known. Socioeconomics, the study of social and economic factors, determines how people live their lives every day. The main factor determining where people live, where kids go to school, what clothes people wear, how people are viewed by others, and more, is socioeconomic status. People are separated and organized in all aspects of life based on their income because people of a higher income and status are more flexible and have more choices than those with lower incomes. This fact is a problem that is increasingly causing social classes to emerge in America.

However, the class identity of an individual has a significant impact on every aspect of that individual. It is difficult to notice class differences especially in neighbourhoods with class segregation. People can grow up being wealthy or poor but they do not notice the differences in class because everyone around them belongs to the same class. Class awakening arises from the realization of the existence of s=different classes in the society. Class can be categorized according to an individual’s occupational status or according to the economic status off an individual. The Marxist perspective of class classified class according to control and ownership of h factors of production and the provision of

Created by Lisa Michelle Cooper Mountain View College, Dallas County College District, this paper is an attempt to explore media coverage based upon social class and morality during periods of social unrest. Does media present the truth or a sensationalized version of these events based upon social class? Is it possible that an area considered affluent is depicted in a different light as an impoverished one?

Life is made up of social classes. Everyone is a part of them. Everyone wants to climb up the social ladder. Can everyone move up social classes? Is it possible to change one’s entire demeanor to fit that of a higher social class? As the great Albert Einstein once said, “The distinctions separating the social classes are false: in the last analysis they rest on force” (Picture). There are many different viewpoints relating to the difficulties of crossing society’s borders, many of which will be discussed and evaluated in the upcoming paragraphs.

This chapter provides a main implication of social class and how the concept of class is defined by different theories of different ages, emphasizing its importance in social division despite that class has been affected by social policy to reduce some inequalities between classes and promote mobility across classes. One key argument of social class is that class division is not constant or fixed, which is explained by giving several examples. In addition, the chapter also suggest that membership of social classes is changing. That is to say, individuals, families or groups may move up and down between classes.

This essay will examine the role of masculinity and masculine identity in mediating and expressing the sense of self, and attempt to show in which ways and why this social class plays an important role for people’s sense of self. This essay will show that REF - conclution

In nature, everything exists in a hierarchy known as the food chain. Although there are cases of altruism and commensalism, the story of predator and prey is a relationship shared by all living things. As humans, we like to separate ourselves from the animals and pretend we our “civilized”, but we have our own chain; social stratification. This division of humanity into social positions is a concept found everywhere in different forms. In India the infamous caste system determines a person’s position from birth and remains throughout their life similar to feudalism in medieval Europe. However, some societies have provided methods of social mobility based on personal achievement to reduce some of the inequality that persists with stratification. This meritocracy ideology is fundamental to the “American Dream”, that anyone can become anything if they work hard. It sounds perfect, but sadly marginalization tends to limit the disadvantaged and less privileged. Social stratification is not solely based on economic class, a society’s beliefs and values also play a major role. I believe this may be the solution.

Education is affected by social class; directly and indirectly. Looking at directly first we can see that individuals from higher social classes are more likely to have the resources to attend the elicit schools, and as a result have a better chance of receiving high exam results and continuing to third level. While indirectly, people who benefit from these higher educational opportunities are more likely to acquire the top jobs which in turn will result in the highest salaries. Thus education and social class closely connected and one impacts the other. This paper will explore how ones’ social class affects their educational experience and outcome particularly focusing on working-class students.

Differences and inequalities highlight the making and remaking of society and social lives. Continuity and changes are susceptible to connections and disconnections via competition for resources, opportunities and socio-economic position resulting from some groups having more prominent roles that favour the interests of one group than others. These shapes identities and perceptions for individuals, that have positive or negative value.