Social Inequality In America

Living in a society that does not help its people to live comfortably and provide facilities for them to achieve their demands, is harmful. One of these harmful affections is “social inequality” in each diverse society. Social inequality occurs when resources in each society are distributed unevenly, typically through norms of allocation, that engender specific patterns along lines of socially defined categories of persons. The United States contains one of the most common social inequalities for its population and that is “social stratification and mobility” and the government should strictly investigate this social inequality for people who are living in the United States.

There are many types of inequalities throughout the world, but the major ones throughout the United States would most likely involve one's gender, one's background and also one's financial status. According to the Merriam-Webster, inequality is defined as, an unfair situation in which some people have more rights or even better opportunities than others. Many of today's United States citizens came into this country for the many benefits and opportunities one tends to hear about, but the negative situations and outcomes are never discussed. Just like any other topic, inequality has both its positive and negative outcomes, whether it is necessary to give those who want to succeed a bit of a challenge to get to where they deserve to be, to even

Social inequality exists in the United States through the Elite’s power to maintain their dominance in the United States capitalist system. The Elite Ruling class is made of the upper class and this class of individuals share similar ideology and are the members of the United State’s Superstructure. The Elite Ruling Class members of society are the decision and policy makers in the United States. Research and history has proven that many policies and decisions made by the Elite Ruling Class serve their own interest and promote their ideas. These decisions are the source of the inequality in the United States and it contributes to their ability to maintain their dominant status. The inequality is trickled down to the other classes through social policy and social institutions that affect our lives everyday citizens. A major example of this social inequality can be seen in the United States housing market or home ownership. A significant amount of studies, statics and data supports the evidence of social inequality within the US housing market or home ownership. The following passages will discuss social inequality in the United States as it is connected to Karl Marx’s theory of capitalism’s power and influence of the Elite Dominant i.e. the Ruling Class view as it relates to homeownership within the United States. Karl Marx’s theory however focuses mostly on economic s and the difference between upper and lower class not race. It is also important to point out that the Elite

Instead, it tacitly insists that inequality is the price we pay for growth. The fact is that almost all American adults need to work -- those with children, those without. Many work two jobs, with no hope for a raise or promotion of any kind, because employers are too greedy. Many are one illness, or car breakdown, away from homelessness. Poverty robs not only your pocket book but also your mind and your spirit. Poverty also keeps a person isolated and lonely and sometimes bored. Also we live in a society that requires money. Monetarily poor don't have money so add being on punishment to the list of ills a monetarily poor person suffers. Even working people with health insurance can be thrown into poverty. Health care costs, premiums, deductibles,

Economic inequality still exists in America. Although, Martin Luther King, Jr fought to see the end of inequality in America, he spoke that his dreams became nightmares as he continued to visit cities with high rates of poverty. The data, seemingly, reveals the highest rates of poverty are in the southern States. “. . .California, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Florida had the largest poverty increases, with the 2013 poverty rates in these states more than 4 percentage points higher than in 2007. There was, worse yet, a concomitant increase in the depth of poverty: In 36 states, the gap between a poor family’s total income and the poverty threshold increased between 2007 and 2013, yet another indication of a growing economic vulnerability

The OECD says that since the mid- 1990s more than half of all jobs created in the member states has been in non-standard work. According to the members, households that depend on such work have higher poverty rate than other household and that this has led to greater inequality. In 34 states is says that 10% of the population earn 9.6 times the income of the poorest 10%. Some believe it’s because of the wide gap in education. It is happening in the most unequal countries, which leads to leads effective workforce. There is no difference in inequality but some studies showed that it slowed down during the financial crisis and now it is growing again.

There has been quite an increase in the level of economic inequality in the United States since the onset of the 1970s despite the fact that the country has experienced several years of stability.  This tremendous growth can be attributed to the fact that the United States is a greater supporter of free market capitalism which as a result has led to the consistency in its higher rates of economic inequality as compared to the rest of the developed nations. The country’s support for free market capitalism is evident in its economic policies (Gilens 38).  There has been a "middle class “emergence where the median income levels have doubled. Economic inequality is also evident in terms of wealth. The wealth imbalance in wealth is unequal to income

The population of the poor in the United States represents roughly 15 percent of the total population (Macionis 2013:41). As of 2012, the poorest 20 percent of the United States only represents 3.8 percent of total income earned (Macionis 2013:35). People do not choose to be poor, and most of those who are impoverished try to overcome this challenge. However, there is a trend that is evident and is continuously noticed in society. Those who live in poverty experience worse health care, education, social status, and wages than the upper class. I believe socioeconomic status serves a large role in whether an individual is likely to experience poor health. Policies that increase unemployment insurance or allocate for equal distribution of wealth and opportunity are viable solutions to socioeconomic inequality (Babones 2010:141). The social conflict theory best explains the socioeconomic inequality in the United States and helps sociologists interpret how inequality causes increased health issues for the lower class.

Every individual in this world genuinely appreciates the value and privilege of any sort of monetary value. Although money has thoroughly revolutionized the world’s system of survival, it also seems to have brought about corruption to the minds of many. Despite the United States’ overall discouragement of its unpleasant history of various forms of discrimination (which have supposedly been fully eradicated), economic inequality remains prevalent throughout the country through conflicts between the rich and poor, carelessly handled morals, and the monetary pressures of modern day education.

I agree that America does deal with distinctions all over the country ranging from all including education, race, religion, and gender. America is the ‘Land of the free’. Every woman, man, a child has the human right to freedom from any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, language, religion, political or another opinion, age or any other status. Which has the purpose or effect or impairing the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms it’s true that everyone in the community should understand many things. But not everyone would like to understand anything that deals with race, religion, gender and race, especially when it comes to race. I also agree when

Did you know that there is no equality in some countries such as India, Somalia, and Haiti? In these countries, kids don’t have the right to be educated, rich people are favored, and in some cases only rich men are treated lavishly. This is no problem for the people of America because we have the gift of equality. This is America’s gift to my generation. Equality.

Out of 164 countries the United States ranks as the 12th wealthiest country in the world. Despite being one of the wealthiest nations on earth, America has an immense amount of inequality. This inequality exists in income, wealth, power, and education. The United States is a country that often promotes the ideology that it was built for people coming from unestablished economies in need of equal rights as well as better jobs in order to support their families. The media often portrays this false illusion of this country being the land of equality and opportunity. Yet people are pulled into the country with a jaded understanding of the opportunities and restrictions that are actually prevalent. Moreover there is an abundance of natives who

This is an microeconomic issue because it affects each individual by limiting their total welfare and opportunity for life improvement. Inequality in itself isn’t the problem it is the overwhelming level of inequality that is limiting the potential well being of the average American citizen. However, there is an argument that inequality isn’t all bad because it is just a byproduct of a thriving free market which naturally improves living standards for the general population. There is also an argument that when equity is forced upon society it limits the right to pursue happiness by limiting the potential spoils of our endeavors. This is thought to limit economic growth by discourages entrepreneurship. Very valid points if we were discussing

The process of industrialization lead to an equal amount of more and less freedom. With money being the main source of control, an American must require a job in order to obtain idolized, personal freedom. However, the individual has to trade in their time of day to the man of superior power who is more fortunate than the worker himself. The process of capitalism is not necessarily a terrible outlook, but it does in fact drift the idea of freedom away for people living in America by spending countless hours in a career that can pay so little such as factory jobs. According to Russel Conwell’s, Acres of Diamonds, he states “..the man of common sense also knows that there is not any one of those things that is not greatly enhanced by the use

This article informs and convinces the audience that only when the community can join forces to eliminate social inequality, can the working poor in the US have more opportunities to climb up the social ladder. Working poor in the US are much more diligent their European counterparts as they have a higher tendency to worker longer hours and retire later (Lam, 2017). Unfortunately, neither can they improve their living standard, nor experience an upward mobility thanks to the lack of opportunities. This phenomenon explains why the majority the respondents have become skeptical towards the importance of assiduousness to the social status and living standard advancement of the impoverished in a poll conducted by the Strong, Prosperous and Resilient