The Role 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.

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

I believe inequality in the united states is increasing, here is why. The kuznets curve i formula showing that inequality increases during the early stages of capitalist development, then declines and evenutally stabilizes at a relatively low level. According to studies the united states inequality peaked before world war II, declined through the 1950s and remained relatively the same through the 1970s. Industrial societies helped reduce inqualty with thngs like, health insurance, welfare, this gave people chances to move up. In the recent studies there is evidence that some capitalist economics have entered a fourth stage, where inequality is increasing. In the united states during the past 30 years the rich have gotten more richer, middle

Right now the most important issue in America is the election inequality and how to narrow the gap between rich and poor. I think another issue is supporting small businesses. People fall to realize what that does for the economy these big companies do nothing but poor money into other countries. When we should be supporting our own. Big companies only care about the profit and the bottom line. No one actually cares about the people. The candidates seem like they wore picked from cereal box. Hilary Clinton lacks authenticity and Donald trump exudes racism and adding strain to inequality. The country already feels divided and the election makes it worse.

There is a problem plaguing the United States: economic inequality. The financial gap between the rich and poor is widening and it only continues to increase. Not only is the rich becoming richer but the poor is becoming poorer. If some type of change doesn't happen it will cut the middle class. Although this is not a concerning matter to some, to others it's a huge concern and it continues to be a daily problem. Because economic inequality hurts the United States economy, the government should take steps towards reducing the gap between the rich and poor.

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

Michael Sandel, an esteemed professor of government at Harvard, says, “We live in a time when almost anything can be bought and sold” (42). This quote explains his thinking on an American societal problem; he believes that the society has become intertwined with its market. In “Markets and Morals,” Sandel explains that lower- and middle-class Americans are faced with inequality because they are unable to afford the prices set for higher-end necessities like political influence and safe neighborhoods; he also states that the corrosive nature of a price tag and the lack of morals in political arguments devalue our society. Sande believes that, as a result of the disintegration of differentiation between the American society and market, the

In the world, people are judged on their color, height, the gender they are attracted to, or what someone was born as. People are trying to stop lessen the amount of social inequities in our country, but it is not making as much an impact as it needs to. People are standing up for women's rights, standing up for inequality, and standing up to bullies, yet there is still inequality in the world. As the world starts to advance more, there has to be awareness brought to the topic of social inequality and persecution. Social inequalities are impacting teens in America, authors are starting to make an impact on this problem, and different genres of literature are being used as a tool to communicate with other people in America about the situation.

Another reason why social inequality persist is because theres a negative culture for the poor. Many people living in poverty have poor cultural views that end up preventing them from moving up economically. They don’t value education as much and don’t think about their future but instead think about the present. For example, many young kids who live in poverty drop out of school and sell drugs. The reason is they don’t think there is a point to stay in school when they can start earning money right now. The cause of this problem is the lack of opportunity. Many of them know that they won’t be able to afford to go to college or attend a good school, so they don’t see the point in wasting their time. The United States has been known as a place

The fact that the 1% global elite owns 48% of the world wealth, is an issue which should no longer be ignored. It is a problem that everyone knows is prevalent, but still people are ignorant to its intricacies. Surfing through the internet I found an article composed of edited research gathered by Oxfam, an international organization who battles global poverty. Its main point was, that America has been suffering from extreme inequality. The problem has corrupted the government and stunted economic growth. There are only a handful of people holding onto the wealth through gaining political power. This power allows them to escape paying the proper taxes, and hoard their wealth. Oxfam revealed that, extreme wealth has been able to be passed

What is inequality? It is the difference or variation in size, amount, rank, quality, social position or the fact that one group is more privileged than the other, or it can be based on the unequal opportunity of certain groups on the society. Based on the book ‘’social problems’’ by John J. Macionis, he said that there is an unequal distribution of economic resources, which means that one part of the population has more they suppose to have that the other part does not have enough to support itself. Since 1970s, economic inequality has increased in the United States. In particular, the rich have gotten a lot richer. Economic inequality affects the society and the youth in several ways. Income inequality can lead to the downfall of the country's economy, or it can make it difficult for poor members of the

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

Based on a comparison of the HDI of the two countries, we see that America's HDI is higher the world HDI average, while Vietnam's HDI is lower than the average level world. This can be explained by the Human Development Index of the United States is very good, such as the average life expectancy of the U.S is 79.1, it's higher than Viet Nam was 3.3 years old. The gross national income (GNI) per capita of American is 52946.5 dollar, it is higher 10 times compared to the average income per capita of Viet Nam. However, US's inequality indexes are higher inequality operators Vietnam.

Social inequality comes in many forms including things such as income, race, gender, and wealth. It is something we can see in everyday life, yet there are some people that don’t seem to think it exists, or it at least isn’t anything that they need to be concerned about because they’re doing just fine. I believe that they are wrong and that inequality affects us all in one way or another. It is something that we need to come to grips with and deal with as a society and is not a problem that can be solved on an individual basis.

As Americans, many of us take our socioeconomic status and right of equal opportunity for granted. However, there are many who lack the resources to raise their economic status thus creating a growing wealth gap. The only way to stop this economic inequality is to have private funders advocate for these poor people. There needs to be more of a focus on the economic portion of socioeconomic because it provides the necessities of life. Therefore, inequality exists in America and the only way to stop it is by having private funders be the primary advocate for those who suffer from this inequality.