Who Rules America Analysis

In the study Lareau conducted, it can be see that working class and poor families differ slightly in that being poor means less resources and a means of a greater struggle for the child. The similarities found explain why being lower class has it benefits in some areas then if you were middle or upper class. Now Lareau is not telling people to raise their children one way or that being rich is better because even the rich have many disadvantages their children encounter. Lareau emphasizes, “Overall, daily life for working-class and poor children is slower paced, less pressured, and less structured than for their middle- and

Writer Gregory Mantsios in his article “Class in America”, talks about these things, and how wide the gap is between the rich and the poor and also discusses how the rich continue to get richer, while the poor continue to get poorer. Mantsios gives his readers the profiles and backgrounds of three hard-working Americans, two of them are white males, whose family background as well as education played a role in their success, while the other person is a black woman who is just above the poverty line despite her work as a nurse’s aide. Through these profiles, Mantsios article shows exactly how sex, race and shows how your parental and educational background of a person can play a role in the things that you achieve. Mantsios also talks about one’s performance in school and the level of school completed can suggest whether or not class that person may belong in.

How We Are Ruining America Whether true or not, David Brooks made it clear of his opinion on how one's class is becoming an inherited thing, along with wealth, in America in his article, “How We Are Ruining America”. It appears to Brooks that it is one's class that allows some parents to invest significant financial resources into their children while others, through no fault of their own, cannot. This advantage can get kids better education levels ending in success.

Although most American views prosperity as an individual effort, still the society is stratified and there is no way to ignore the class factors on individuals. The educational and economical life of a child still depends on the educational level of their parents and the wealth they inherit from their parents.

Privilege is giving someone unearned advantages that all cannot attain. When you are privilege most likely you are ignorant to the fact that you have received the best education, compared to others who do not share the same privileges. In this article the author mainly discusses the effects of social and economic privilege in our education system. Socio-economics deals with a person social class and income level. People who have the advantage of belonging to this social class are upper-middle and the upper class. They are the people who make six or more figures, compared to those who only make about $40,000 a year. The upper-middle and the upper class live opulently. To live opulent you have to have money, and money brings status and influence in

As a first generation child whose parents immigrated from another country, I was fortunate enough to receive excellent education and opportunities that was not offered to them. During that era, those privileges may have been difficult to obtain due to racial segregation, poor living circumstances, and/or lack of time and commitment due to work. As of today, these issues are no longer a major problem. Although, education has never been better and opportunities have been even more achievable, David Brooks argues that the upper/middle classes are preventing the lower class from “joining their ranks” because of the egocentric methods that modern day families now utilize to their advantage. In his New York Times editorial “How We Are Ruining America,” Brooks explains how we (as the upper/middle class) have been ruining America by preventing the lower class from receiving the same privileges. Brooks then elaborates his argument by giving several examples like: improved parent supervision and planning, zoning restrictions, cultural codes, and even gives a personal experience. Even though Brooks provided a substantial amount of evidence, he mostly utilizes his powerful tone and writing skills to support his argument.

Children who grow up in a poor area go to school where there are 50 kids in one class and individual attention is never given, and children of high class families will go to schools that have smaller class sizes and individual attention. Even when a poor child goes to a better schoolteachers will question if the work done is their own and also only expect hard work from the rich kids. “if you are a child of low income parents, the chances are good that you will receive limited and often careless attention from adults in your high school.” Theodore Sizer “Horace’s Compromise,” “If you are the child of upper-middle income parents, the chances are good that you will receive substantial and careful attention.” (203) These quotes from another author showcase that school in America is often times based on the social standing of the parents.

He enters the kids’ bedroom to see them sound asleep. These children are exactly the type of fortunate kids that “Class in America” describes. “The bottom line is that very affluent families transmit their advantages to the next generation . . . economic success is due in large part to the wealth and privileges bestowed on them at birth” (Mantsios 392).

In the article “Generation Struggling Rich kids are Losing” Dr. Brian Carr expresses rich kids or losing. First Carr states “high rates of substance abuse, depression, cheating and stealing give a new meaning to have it all.” The author shows that problems are occurring at the end of the spectrum among youth who are on trying to attend the most prestigious schools. In addition, he points out that substance-abuse may be a much higher in this privilege to group as they binge drink and use drugs at other rates higher than their less well-funded peers. Moreover he emphasizes that pride and performance becomes important and negative responses are heaped on the child who is not achieving. Finally carr concludes that we are losing our children

Standard 6 is significant, because it's important to know how law and policy is established by the government. Also, we should know who has say in what these laws and policies are. In this paper, I will be discussing who has the most say when national policy is created in the United States. To discuss this, I will be using the article “Who Rules America?” by Allan J. Lichtman. Lichtman is an American political historian. He also teaches at American University. This makes him a credible writer, because he is an expert when it come to the political world. This Article was found on The Hill’s website. This is a credible source because, it has the biggest circulation of any Capitol Hill publication. Also, they deal with politics, policy,

In chapter sixteen, “Social Class and Inequality” the essays show different cases in which being rich, poor, smart or middle class can affect a person. In the writings of Angela Locke in “Born Poor and Smart” (338-339) Angela summarizes her life of what it was like growing up with a poor, yet smart mother. However, in “When Shelter Feels like a Prison” (374-376) Charmion Browne writes about being poor, and living in homeless shelters. Somethings in life, are no more than learning experiences, and only you can change it.

In the 1997 article, “Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle over Educational Goals” by David Labaree, Labaree describes three goals that have been at the core of educational conflicts over the years. The first goal mentioned is democratic equality, which is meant to create good citizens and enable educational access to all. The second goal is social efficiency, which creates workers and is viewed by taxpayers and employers as a goal to prepare students for market roles. Lastly is the third goal of social mobility, where individual success for attractive market roles is the main purpose. This primary goal of education has been ever fluctuating. The argument of this essay is that social mobility has now triumphed over democratic equality and social efficiency as the primary goal of education due to parents. This view of social mobility by parents is negative to due its numerous consequences, significantly the growing disparity between the wealthy and the underprivileged, and additionally, the health of children, their behavior, and the degree to which they learn educational material are all affected.

Johnson, H. B. (2014). The American dream and the power of wealth: Choosing schools and inheriting inequality in the land of opportunity. Routledge.

Social injustices are a part of the latent effect of American culture. This effect is illustrated through social classes determined by wealth. The monarch system provided a culture that carried through time and transcended in the American culture. The affluent class in America segregates their social interactions and environments with barriers physically or ideologically. For example, country clubs or private associations that only the rich can pay the high monthly dues. These different types of key associations play major roles in networking and conducting of business deals in America. Another social aspect of the disparity of social classes affecting the poor is the ideology that people of the lower class is unintelligent, incapable, indolent of work, and the lack of ambition to improve economic status. One “stereotype” (Macionis, p.)

“The Rich People School” supports the value of elitism. The elite, bourgeois, dominate over the lower class, proletarian. To keep the elite dominance they use different forms of manipulation. Take for instance the American man, he tells Sylvia’s mother that her living conditions are not adequate for him and if she loved him she would go with him to America (Botswana). The American man is using the love that Sylvia’s mother have, maybe not so much for him, but for a better life for her family and her. The American man also uses harsh