The American Class System

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There is much debate about the issue of social class in the United States. There are arguments about whether social classes are distinctly separate or fluid, dependent upon one’s community or society as a whole, and if they are subjective or objective (Hughes and Jenkins). However, despite the debate surrounding social classes, it is still important to try to define them and analyze their effects, as they are such an important part of our identity and our opportunities in society. Although our society has tried to appear as though we have no classes, and it is becoming harder to tell what class someone is in by material goods, classes do still exist today (Scott and Leonhardt). The trend has been to divide the U.S. into four major

Social class is a “tag” to define your status in a community. One of the main requirements you must have to be in the Upper class, is to have wealth and power. That is basically it, and obviously the absence of those characteristics could mean you are in a Middle or even in the Lower class. Sports are an activity that people do for pleasure that requires physical activity and sometimes has rules for the players to follow in order to play the game. It is most commonly played outdoors. It can improve your cardio, health, and physical condition. For example, it can prevent things like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer or even mental illnesses like depression.

In this article the author explains how the schools are based on a class system and higher-class areas have better recourses and more classes offered. Higher-class societies have better equipment, new technology, modern facilities, better books, and better teachers. Not only are the school’s educational facilities better the extracurricular activities are also better. For example sports facilities, training facilities, band, art, all because these lower class schools cant afford what these lower class schools can. Students in lower end districts are actually ending up worse off then the higher end students. Meaning attrition rate, drop out rate, sat scores and much more.

Speech is often associate with race because some individuals believe that if the person does not sound “educated” enough the person comes from a lower class and was brought up in the so called “ghettos” and this association is often made towards someone that forms part of a minority group. The author illustrates that race is tight up with speech

An inequality in society, economy, wealth distribution, and political corruption and the influence in cooperation of government led to

Throughout time one of the most obvious class markers has been education and it still remains so. People who belong to the higher classes view education as a higher priority and have more access to the best school in the country. When stuck in lower classes people must attend schools where books, computers, and education are not found at the same level. An article in the Atantic Times mentions that “ Kids who belong to lower social classes fell behind children in the upper classes by about a year or so.” Today, that gap is close to four years.” For those in the upper class their kids are placed in an abundance of classes from an early age such as foreign language, art, and many sports. Children who are in lower classes have no way of getting a head start when compared to children in higher classes Sarah Garland also mentions how “ When children have plenty of time to build social skills and bigger vocabularies in short term reduce their chances of

“… not all English speakers are privileged equitably in the US. Expressing racist, classist, ableism,

In conclusion, technology, Race and class affected my language in many ways and because of this it also reflected on who I am. All three of these factors tie together in one way or another. These things made me believe that I had to speak in a certain way. A person's social class determines how “educated” they are according to their diction. Language can help figure out a person's race because of the type of slang they use. Finally, technology can cause a person to abbreviate everything and always find a short cut. No matter what each of these things can cause a person to throw out the rules of grammar and the format of the English language.

With the class biases, racism becomes obvious in society (Duvall). With the vast gap between the rich and the poor, it is normal to see that different classes have different people. The middle or lower class are almost black workers in the United States. They use their labors to earn money. However, United States is a capitalist country and capitalists control the flow of money. There are lots of capitalists which belong to the upper class are white people and money mostly goes to them. Because of the difference of classes, the gap between rich and poor leads to racial discrimination between the blacks and the whites. This phenomenon can’t change right now because lower classes which are workers are large majorities. With the imperfect educational

Social class is defined as 'people having the same social or economic status' (Wordnet). In contemporary American society, social class is based on the amount of money and property you have and also prestige. Prestige is given to a person through the line of work or the family that they come from. For example, upper-upper class member Jennifer Lopez reeks of prestige not only because she has millions of dollars in her bank account, but she has very expensive luxuries, cars, and houses.

As a white male in today’s society, I never put much thought into how privileged I am already without even having to work for it necessarily. One of the reasons why I have never felt this way was due to being in a lower middle class family. As I have grown up, I have started to notice all the disparities in today’s societies between people of a different race, gender, and class. However, noticing the magnitude of the problems regarding race, gender, and class did not catch my attention until I was in high school, partly due to the fact that I became more mature in my metacognitive and observational skills. I started to notice what people were going through by the stories they told and sometimes by the clothes they wore, although I was never

Everyday in America, every citizen faces the burdens and restrictions of the class structure. But America is known as the “Land of the Free,” so how can these restrictions and burdens exist? Unfortunately, Americans are not as free as we think, because we are as equal as we think. Due to the class structure, most Americans can no longer reach the “American Dream.” The issue is a lot easier to notice than you may think, and it is easier than you may think to do something about it. Because change is already occurring within America, and it’s not too hard to add to it. So, the question is, what can you do?

Young people from higher social classes are enabled to succeed and to have higher aspirations from early childhood. Access to higher attaining schools, being able to pay for private education, or being able to move house to be close to a better school; involvement in extracurricular activities, such as music and art

In the novel Pride and Prejudice the author, Jane Austen, employs sarcasm coupled with irony and characterization in a tantalizing expose that brings to light the unreasonable societal expectations and behaviors of the 19th century and the influence of classism in the search for matrimony.