Robert Merton Strain Theory

People do not have an equal chance to attain the goals. The low class does not have the same opportunities as the upper class. Anomie is when there is excessive emphasis on the goals of society, but no ways to accomplish them. In the video, there is an importance of financial stability but not everyone can be economically stable. This is the reason why people start to be deviant, including the contributing factors of violent

This is completely unfair in my opinion and really enforces the capitalistic views that many nations are run by. So, because a region has a disadvantage and are in need of help, the hierarchy will come in and help you, but at what cost? The cost of doing things their way, by their terms. In conclusion, I hope that someday there is an international financial institution that is build off of a true democracy and that not only all people have an equal say, but that all regions, no matter what their financial situation, have an equal say as

Black people face detrimental obstacles in daily life that severely decrease their opportunities in life due to racism. They also have to deal with social inequality due to their race which deems them as lower than and not as important as whites. Not only do they face these difficulties but they also have to deal with prejudice and discrimination from society as they are deemed as less and different from what society calls the norm. This movement is key in order to help change the views of today’s society. Society must come to realize that everyone should be treated as equal and not treated differently based on race in order to allow everyone the same life

There are issues with the equality of the system, as depending on the income of the accused their experiences will be completely different. The Pyrrhic defeat theory tries to explain this broken system as the consequences of those in power seeking a scapegoat the poor, and to escape responsibility of their own criminalities. The issue is perception; there have been such negative connotations of being poor that poverty and criminality have become interchangeable. Those with power have the narrative to keep this simplified view of criminality alive having their own success over the failure of others, The Pyrrhic theory is worrisome, because acknowledging it means fighting years of false narrative and realize how useless our criminal justice system really

In the story “The Upside of Income Inequality”, Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy effectively express’s the importance and need for income inequality in our society. Furthermore, Holly Ellyatt’s newspaper article Income Inequality: Is It Good For Everyone? serves to also point out that economic success and greater productivity is linked to “income inequality”. Although it may seem extremely unfair for someone to make up to two hundred and fifty times as much money as someone else, this notion of “income inequality” actually benefits the society as a whole by encouraging others to work much harder in life and better themselves and their education. For example, the increase of income inequality in the 1980’s greatly increased the education for both women and men and other races such as African Americans.

And then, they showed how extreme people are in what they do and buy and, how this is only detrimental. By rhetorically analysing Samsara i found that it shows that people in the world care a lot of the flaws of the industrialist part of the world and how bad it can for people. However, people do not like to see the helpful and good

Merton thought that most of the strain and frustration felt by people who could not achieve material wealth was due not necessarily so much to the failure to achieve conventional goals ( i.e., wealth) but rather to the differential emphasis placed on material and economic goals and the de-emphasis on the importance of conventional means (Tibbetts and Hemmons, 2010). In an ideal society, according to Merton, there would be an equal emphasis on goals and means. America, he argued, placed greater emphasis on goals over means. This he referred to as anomie. Anomie was a term that came from Durkheim.

For example, using these single narratives of minority groups, especially in the aspect of economic success, leads to a double consciousness, causing minorities to view themselves in the eyes of the majority group rather than their own viewpoints as a minority group member (DuBois 1899). I would say, “this double consciousness resulting from your single perspective leads to members of a minority group feeling as though they cannot create a true identity for themselves in a society that views them very differently from how they view themselves, which leaves a very harmful mark. Although you used a single perspective which detrimentally leads to double consciousness, there is a way to find a solution for this damage. This solution can be found in redemption, which is a healing process found through apology and action by the perpetrator (LaDuke 2011). In this situation, you will carry the guilt of causing harm to and creating identities for people of a minority group highlighted in the statements and actions you have demonstrated tonight.

The disadvantages listed above reveal two things. First, they show how the broader political, economic and environmental environment operating under the motive for capitalistic profit did not recognize the humanity or agency of workers to pursue their freedom. Second, they show that paid laborers were treated so harshly because the absence of laws or regulations that governed their employment relationship was spurred through a classist view of their social position. This classist view is exemplified in that most people did not trust the interests of the working poor since they held stereotypes that they were “murderers” or thieves and drunkards who were responsible for their social position. Laborers, especially common laborers, were forced to the expand with the immense movements westward and large-scale deforestation due to the profit found in exploiting these new forms of capital, ie the land.

Wage Wars Protecting our basic civil rights in the United States is a recognizable value that all citizens want to obey or carry out. Civil rights are rooted on the idea of any citizen not receiving equal or fair treatment compared to the people around them. Although this is true, a major issue in today’s society that I have discovered revolves around the difference in gender equality and the gender wage gap in the workforce. Some people believe that females are not as capable as males causing a flux in the wages paid for the same job, however this is a stereotype that needs to be exterminated. The United States is currently facing an economical problem that involves males and female differences within the workplace.

Hello Emily great post, I agree with you that oppression will sadly occur when people are not allowed to attain possession or opportunities that the Lord has for them in life. There are a few common components that are associated with all oppressions. Oppression by deprivation is considering a dominant group that manages and increases their connection to resources to have control over others. This is because the dominant group makes up the majority and the minority groups that has no voice and therefore has no power to access control and manage resources (Hays & Erford, 2014, p.60). Oppression by force and primary force are similar in economic exploitation of the minority as in being selfish.