The Prevalence Of Social Inequalities

Income inequality is on the rise and it is evident in most cities throughout the United States. There are individuals with six to seven figure incomes and then there are individuals whose income is just enough to get by. The middle class is not as prominent as the upper and lower class. This should be the other way around. There should not be so many cities with very wealthy neighborhoods right next door to low class, rundown neighborhoods, with little middle class households. Digging deeper, 47.6% of the money in the United States belongs to individuals that receive $98,200 or more (“Distribution of U.S. family income”, 101). The middle class should be much more noticeable with the upper and lower

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

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

It would be within reason to assume that when it comes to jobs the most qualified individual should get the position. However, the sad truth is that in today’s society this is not always the case. We would like to think that this nation is beyond racial barriers, glass ceilings, and students left behind, but the truth is we are not. Inequalities like these are some of the main reasons America has such a large wealth gap, and has become stagnant when it comes to upward mobility. We know that inequality of opportunity is largely at fault when it comes to individual gains in upward mobility yet it continues to happen. What is upward mobility and why do we care? Upward mobility is defined as “rising from a lower to a higher social class or status”

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

Currently the topic of inequality not only in America but around the world is quickly gaining public attention. An article from the front page of USA Today written by Gregg Zoroya titled “Millennials worry most about inequality, survey shows”. This article talked about a survey done by the World Economic Forum, and the social issues that those between the ages of 20 and 30 are most concerned about. Of those issues social and economic equality, climate change / preservation of the lands as well as education are among the top for this group of individuals. This is something that is very important to those that are in social welfare positions because there is an ever growing concern for those that we mainly serve. This ever growing concern by

The articles present the author's convinced comments on social inequality and unemployment issue in America. The author criticizes the government policies that Wall Street tycoons and the CEOs of America's largest corporations indirectly manipulate this country with tremendous finance. Moreover, with the help of governors and legislators, they have rigged the legislative process while most of the citizens are not getting what they desperately want and need. The inequality in America is constantly increasing instead of effectively decreasing by the policies of government. We must unite to fight with those people who cruelly exploit us as well as grab the money from us. Although it seems impossible to make the "dream" come true, if we strenuously

The belief that the United States of America practices democracy and capitalism has become a lie. Through the past century, as the United States political landscape transformed into a plutocracy blindly led by an oligarchy the national wealth gap is now significantly disproportionate in favor of the wealthy minority, thus causing social problems. Acclaimed father of capitalism, Adam Smith, published a book on this four months before the American Declaration of Independence was signed. In this book, he stated necessities of keeping the common good in mind for self interest, general public trust in the justice system, the danger of monopolies, and their role in the dissipation of capitalism. In the early 1990’s, there had been laws in place to

This research article investigated socio-economic disparities in physical health outcomes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Western Australia. The researchers collected health and socioeconomic status (SES) data from Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey (WAACHS) which was a population study of the health, development and education carried out with 5289 indigenous children 0-17 years of age and their families between 2000 and 2002. The survey collected data from 96% of participating children and collected health outcomes data by interviews with the primary and secondary carers who were usually the mother and father respectively. The researchers analyzed six health indicators including asthma, sensory function

It has been known for a while that the top 1% owns the majority of the United States’ money, being at around 35% of the country’s wealth. There are many factors that affect this, such as the wealthy able to make investments, the amount of debt a person has, and income inequality. What measures the amount of wealth one person has is the amount of assets they currently hold on them. It could be objects such as vehicles, houses, very few debts, etc. Income inequality can worsen wealth inequality because the income people have available to save and invest matters. White families accumulate more wealth over their lives than black or Hispanic families do, widening the wealth gap at older ages. black families, on average, have carried more student

income disparities on society is due to functionalist perspective. this theory refers that income disparities is a necessity to have order and control between society; because of this way everyone has an important role with different function on the society. Additional causes of income disparities due to factionalist perspectives is based on family structure because some born with rich parents (based on families income). Then, technology makes with the pass of the time that many jobs disappear and are replaced with machines. Another cause, is growing markets because people prefers to go to big business than low business. The next one, is immigration because it change the supply labor for low-skilled labor. The last, is property rights affect

However, it also exposed me to a wide array of social reasons for initiating tobacco use. One of the reasons most commonly cited was to suppress appetite. This made me realize the inextricable linkage between social inequality and health. My posting in the department of medicine also uncovered the many loopholes in the health care system.

As a way of description, a social structure consists of “rules, institutions, and practices; it is socially embodied in the actions, thoughts, beliefs, and durable dispositions of individual human beings, and often has distributive consequences for individuals and groups” (Deneulin, Web 25/02/2017). It is commonly believed that the society is structured and stratified in such a way that there is always a gap among people, institutions and communities based on their social and professional status. And that unjust power and social structures emanate when a group of people exert their socio-political and economic power and status on the rest of the entire community. These structures are said to be in place in order to protect and promote the interest of the ruling and influential class. One of the protagonists of this opinion is Kunnumpuram who places much emphasis on the imbalanced structural realities and their effects in society: “There stand structural realities which are in themselves unbalanced distorted, unjust and subhuman; these are responsible in the main for the massive poverty and suffering of hundreds of millions of simple and hard-working people, and for the centennial marginalization and humiliation” (The Mission of the Church 152-153). He further opines that wherever a person is found without the means required to meet human needs, and without resources for creative action and participative life in society, there injustice has been in

The article starts with the prevalence of social inequalities in the Indian society. It says that inequalities are distributed in the Indian society by the prevalent social structures which are based on caste, class and gender. So the people who get benefited from the development policy of the country are the ones who have mostly the high status and the fruits of policies that are formed reach to the higher sections of the society leaving behind the weaker sections of the society. The weaker sections of the society are those who have been marginalized for years.