The Issue Of 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.

I think people should propose economic and political equality by speaking up and also to pursue higher education. Like I mentioned before that inequality is linked to higher education. If you have higher education you have a slightly higher chance in pursuing a better life and helping out our middle class. With the struggle of our middle class we need all the people we can to help it get back up. We also need to Occupy Wall Street and protest against economic inequality.

Inequality is a problem that has had an effect on the United States for many years. Although throughout the years the severity of inequality has fluctuated, it has increased greatly within the past two decades. There are many factors that could have influenced this increase. Some of the factors include technology and deindustrialization.

As an American, we revel in our freedoms. Not everything is free, however, we have laws that were created for safety. They help keep everyone happy, alive and well. The foundation for these laws came from the founding fathers; they wished for Americans alive then, alive now, and alive years from now feeling safe and free. However, there are fatal flaws in the documents created by the founding fathers. These documents are not effective in establishing and preserving freedoms of Americans because they confined the definition of a valued American to white males as well as allowed the means of corruption to enter our laws through lack of rigidity.

One of the main topics discussed during this political science course is the political and economic inequality that has recently risen to staggering levels in the United States. Although political and economic inequality seem to be some of the most pressing issues we face today, little has been done to close the gap between the middle and upper classes. By looking at how our government and society behaves, one can see why the inequality barrier is such a difficult obstacle to overcome. Politicians may be more focused on staying in the good favor of their party than their people, but they are still elected by the majority. If more citizens took a more proactive approach to politics, social movements would be more successful and more balance would be brought to the political spectrum; however, money, powerful officials, and a general lack of interest prevent the government from maintaining a system that benefits everyone equally.

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

Is the standard American adage of “if you just work hard enough, you’ll be rich” still true?

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,

The American people deserve basis hopes. These hopes include a fair chance to be successful, be protected under the law, find a full time job, have a decent home in a decent neighborhood, and send one’s children to a good school with good teachers and to have peaceful mind in old age. It is important to note that 25% to 33% of Americans experience some type of hardship. This is higher for Millennials and people of color. A surprising fact is that in America, 61% of families’ income falls behind their cost of living and only 6% of families income actually helps them get ahead financially. Some factors that lead to poverty are single parent households headed by women, lack of college education, and access to higher education. It is important to note that children that grow up in a single parent home are four times as likely to be poor. This further adds to the poverty rate in the United States. A Brookings analysis found that if the US had the same marriage rate that existed in the 1970s today, then the poverty rate would fall by 25%. Research continues to show that more education leads to more money and is the key to overcoming poverty. Without a college degree, 45% of the children from families in the lower quintile of wealth will themselves become adults in the bottom quintile.

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.

The United States was built on the foundation of freedom and equality for all, and it prides itself in the idea that everyone is treated equally and has the same opportunity for success. However, this equality has continuously proven to simply be an idea as it has not been practiced since the birth of the country. The reality is that the United States is a country that was actually constructed by inequality and injustice. The land itself was taken from the Native Americans and the hard labor needed to build the country was done by African slaves. The group to enjoy the freedoms and liberties has been white Americans and they are at the top of the social hierarchy and have access to all the privileges and mobility, yet this fact is unremittingly

America was built off of the idea of civil liberties in which one is guaranteed freedoms that the government cannot abridge, either by law or by judicial interpretation, without due process. This idea was true for some, but for the rest was only granted throughout the struggles of which they had to endure to gain such rights. Our nation fought the English for our freedom and rights, but we gave those freedoms and rights back to only the white man. We as a nation continued to institute a policy of inequality; a society in which an individual that wasn’t white, wasn’t considered a human at all. The actualities of these founding’s would go against the origin of the nation’s foundation of equality and its language. This idea was implemented by

Everyday many people are picked on because of their gender, income, and race. The reason all of these terrible actions happen is because of a poison in the world known as inequity. Since the beginning of time, social inequity and persecution has been a troubling issue for people all over the world. Recently teens seem to be facing the effects of these persecutions and the results are not good, but authors are beginning to change teens views on inequities. Whether authors are talking about racism, gender inequality, or income inequality, books have the ability to change how teens see these issues. As the future of America, teens have the ability to change how these inequities will run people’s lives.

Many Americans believe that America has one of the most powerful economies that is involved in the global market and the best average living standards. Since the creation of the United States it has been known as the land of endless opportunities, regardless of social or economic classes. Under this philosophy, all citizens should have equal rights and given equal opportunity to progress in the workforce. However many Americans are living full lives and do not have financial obstacles to get over. Even so, millions of Americans are still faced with poor living conditions and struggle with providing for their families basic needs. Whether Americans believe poverty and inequality exist in America exists or not, the authors in three different articles:” Culture of Success” by Brink Lindsey, “A Great Time to Be Alive?” by Matt Yglesias, and “Born Poor and Smart” by Angela Locke, and “The War Against the Poor Instead of Programs to End Poverty”by Herbert J. Gans, shared ideas on how to help fix the problems of the impoverished community and address the cause of the problem. The four articles also explain different biases that the impoverish have to endure everyday.