Vision Of Inequality

Even though the pictures patients saw that were produced by the artificial eye were way far from being the ideal type to call someone not blind, they did let the patient see clear enough to allow them to recognize faces who they would otherwise not be able to see. This breakthrough in the bionic eyes is going to benefit lots of patients with common blindness, macular degeneration, all which affect around 500,000 people in the USA. “The Argus II—a kind of retinal

There are certain people who think we create our own destiny in life. They believe that we are born as equals, and we shape and mold our future based upon our choices. Then, there are others who believe our destiny is predetermined before we are even born. They think that greatness or failure is beyond our grasp, that the life of a human is like a roadmap, and every destination is marked for our arrival. As much as I’d like to believe that everyone starts life with a clean slate, his or her chances of success as equal as everyone else’s, I don’t think there is true equality at birth. Children are born into impoverished families, who require their kids to stay home and work rather than get an education. There are kids who are born into families of abuse, neglect, and harsh words. In society, we do not begin life as equals. “Beyond the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo discusses inequality throughout the entire story. Weather it is Fatima the one leg, women, or the poor trash collectors of the slums, Katherine provides rich insight into a society that is riddled with corruption, where nothing is equivalent at all. By showing how people are born unequal, Katherine reveals the true theme of the book; inequality throughout society.

The United States is one of the best nation that provide many opportunities for entrepreneurs, and to make dream come true. The problems the U.S is facing is income inequality, where the nation want to be strong in the middle-class family. Authors Paul Krugman who wrote article “Confronting Inequality” argues in order to solve income inequality the government should raise the minimum wage. Krugman states “Minimum wage increases can have fairly significant effects on wages at the bottom end of the scale.” Brandon King who wrote “The American Dream: Dead, Alive, or on hold?” talks about how supporting the small businesses can help solve income inequality. King states “Providing money to businesses may encourage them to hire more people, thereby

The United States of Inequality is an article that delves into the harsh realities we face in our country today, with regards to income inequality. Income inequality in the United States is at a rise. And the sobering factor is that so little is being done to address this issue. According to a new study by researchers at the Economic Policy Institute, forces of rising inequality are operating at an all-time high throughout the United States. The study, “which measures income inequality by state, metro area and county, shows that inequality has risen in every state since the 1970s.” It also shows that rising inequality is deep-rooted.  “Recessions in recent decades have temporarily slowed income growth among the top 1 percent, but they have not altered the basic pattern in which the rich have gotten much richer while nearly everyone else has seen income stagnate or decline (Tritch, "The United States of Inequality", 2016).” In all, the top 1 percent in the United States captured 85.1 percent of total income growth from 2009 to 2013. In 2013, the 1.6 million families in the top 1 percent made 25.3 times as much on average as the 161 million families in the bottom 99 percent.

With that being said, if we don’t raise minimum wage for the middle class, they’ll start disappearing at a faster rate than they already are. In the article “RIP, the Middle Class: 1946-2013”, by Edward McClelland, he states a very valuable statement that brings the current issues to life having to do with the disappearance of the middle class. McClelland starts off by saying that everything is being taken up by the rich whereas nothing is being left for the middle-aged class. He than adds on by stating, “the shrinking of the middle class is not a failure of capitalism. It’s a failure of government. Capitalism has been doing exactly what it was designed to do: concentrating on wealth in the ownership class.” Americans don’t realize what the government revolves around which as McClellan stated, is on

Summer is an exciting time of year for a lot of people. During this time, people tend to make changes that they feel will improve their life. Not only have many people focused on losing weight and eating healthier, they have also started wearing contact lenses. At this moment, you may not be sure if you too should invest in contact lenses, but you might want to consider the many benefits before you make your final decision.

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,

Primary eye care in the U.S. is a huge industry because there is an overwhelming amount of people that demand Optometrists. The demand for Optometrists is at an ultimate high, according to the American Optometric Association, employment will grow at a rate of 33% and is ranked #12 on the list of America’s top 100 jobs. In 2012 there were 40,000 Optometrists and 202 million people in need of vision correction. There is currently one licensed eye professional per 3,500 people and studies show that on average Optometrists see 19.8 additional patients per week if they are completely booked without adding hours to their practice. This means that Optometrists are doing a lot more than they can actually handle. Over the next decade the amount of patients will continue to increase especially through the elderly and those at risk for Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes “is the leading cause of new cases of blindness” and 2000 to 2050 there will be a 165% increase of people diagnosed with diabetes, so Diabetes will be another main reason for the demand of Optometry (Review of Optometry). The ratio between patients and Optometrist care providers are almost quadruple the amount. Vision Web shares that “over the past decade, as the U.S. population expanded 0.9 percent annually, the vision correction population grew at the same rate” (10). This means that as the population continues to grow, so does the demand for Optometry. The demand for Optometry continues to grow and the only way we can manage the amount of people demanding eye care is increasing the availability of doctors throughout the country. We can start doing this by making sure more Optometry schools are available within the medical field. Gonzaga should have an Optometry Program because of its location, Washington needs an Optometry program, and the demand for it will continue to go on a rise. The lack of Optometrists needs to resolved by adding a new

Sof-Optics is a small (specialty-niche) player in a $155M contact-lens market. (Three competitors occupy 75% of this market (Bausch + Lomb (51%), American Optical (14%), Continuous Curve (10%); approximately twenty players (including Sof-Optics’ ~3%) occupy the remaining 25%.) This consumer space is already appreciable in size (~5M contact-lens wearers in 1980), and promises exponential growth in future years (only 10% of ~50M prospective lens-wearers in America have even tried soft contact lenses).

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.

Not only did he film bring to light issues such as the neural gap of technology with bionic limbs, but also issues of “equal opportunity enhancement” and smart drugs. Enhancements do have practical usage, yes, however I believe there is the temptation to use technology more in an abusive manner, and that similar to many things the ability to enhance will be abused. For example, the smart drugs mentioned to improve memory, attention span and overall cognitive function mirror the smart drug in the famous movie Limitless with Bradley Cooper. In this movie, the drug was abused by his main character and gave him, in my opinion, an unfair advantage. As I discussed in my previous paper, college students often abuse prescription drugs generally for studying purposes.

My drawing of the cracked eye doctor equipment shows how I view the world. Last year, I was in the hospital for a deadly infection that made me go blind in my left eye. I ended up getting a life saving cornea transplant and it got rid of the disease so I could leave the hospital and go back to living my normal life. As well as curing my infection, it also restored some of the sight to my left eye, but I am still legally blind with my glasses on. The broken lense of the eye equipment conveys that no doctor or glasses can fix my eyesight, but the lense is only cracked, so if you were to look through it you would see a distorted image, much like how I see. Also, only the left eye lense is cracked, the other one is perfectly fine, which shows that

The aim of this essay is to address the problem of inequality and oppression through three separate texts, The Second Sex, The Death of the Profane and Killing Rage. The Second Sex focuses on the woman and her role compared to man. The Death of the Profane and Killing Rage are both texts that describe experiences about the constant racism felt by blacks. To thoroughly examine these texts and how they are related to oppression and inequality it is important to first define what each mean. Oppression and inequality each have different definitions but they go hand in hand. Oppression is the state of being subject to prolonged unjust treatment. While inequality is defined as lacking equality, equality is the state of being equal especially in status,

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In The Sociology Project 2.5, inequality of opportunity refers to “the ways in which inequality shapes the opportunities for [individuals] to maximize their potential” (Manza, 2012). In other words, the opportunity individuals get is based on the social class they were born into, and the circumstances they faced. Social mobility is defined as “the movement of individuals from one social position into another” (Manza, 2012). Social mobility and inequality of opportunity go hand in hand as social mobility becomes a way to measure inequality of opportunity. Social mobility helps to determine the degree to which an individual's social class changes between generations. Both these concepts are influenced by four major factors, which are; family,