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    From the first seconds of dawn to the last moments of dawn, one thing overshadows the United States: social class. Whether it be lower, middle, upper, or somewhere in between, social structure has affected the lives of millions living in the U.S. for decades. Everyday life in the United States is shaped by the complex social structure. Numerous social classes divided and organized the citizens of Southern towns in the early to mid-twentieth century. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem

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    Birling, to present his ideas about class and society. In the Birling family, Mrs Birling is the most upper class, and is always referring to the lower class female factory workers such as Eva Smith as ‘girls of that class’. She seems to think that working class people are not humans at all. In the beginning, Priestley describes the Birlings’ house as ‘a fairly large suburban house’ with ‘good solid furniture of the period’, showing they are upper-middle class and that they have money. They also

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    The Six-Part American Class System model groups individuals with approximately similar income, occupations and educations. The classes include in the model are upper, upper-middle, lower-middle, working, working poor, and underclass. However, middle class is in between the rich and the poor seeming like a balance between the two social classes. Middle class is split into two sections: upper-middle class and lower-middle class. The differences that separate them are decided between their occupations

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    ladder you climb in a business the better the health benefits can be for example the higher you go up in the company private health care you get raises in value also getting paid leave to recover, unlike the workers who are nowhere near the lower middle class section of the business structure they will be using the NHS this can mean long waiting lists, unpaid leave or sick pay which is not a lot. Another factor to inequalities of health could be regional differences and what I mean by this is where

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    unequal. The upper class is make more money and becoming wealthier while others are make less and slowly becoming poorer. When people think about social class they know that there are three common social classes, the lower, middle, and upper class. Society refer to the lower class as people of low-income and the upper class as the top one percent. It’s noticeably known that the disadvantages of being in the lower class outweighs the benefits and that people in the lower-class have to work harder

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    Social class is the position or ranking of people in society based on social stratification variables like income, occupation, type of residence, education and qualification that affect purchase pattern and buying behaviour. Social classes show distinct product and brand preferences, especially for goods considered as luxuries such as cars, furnishings and leisure activities like golf. For instance, wealth, power and prestige are popular factors frequently used in the estimation of social class. Social

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    Per Reporter: Shanika and the children moved from Columbus to be with her boyfriend (unknown) a few months ago. The family is homeless. The family lives from house to house; back and forth from relative’s home to Shanika’s boyfriend’s home. Shanika’s boyfriend lives in the home with his sister (unknown). According to Maniyah, the boyfriend whips her and her siblings while Shanika watches. It is unknown of what the boyfriend whipped the children with. It is unknown if there are current marks or bruising

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    on the basis of esteem and prestige acquired mainly through economic success and the accumulation of wealth.” (“social class”) For most of American history, social classes have created inflexible barriers, with multiple institutions and businesses, administering rules established on racial discrimination and other forms of categorizing people founded on preconceptions. Social class in the United States is a contentious matter, possessing many different models, definitions and arguments for its obvious

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    We are talking of course about the American middle class. In 1971 the American middle class population was 36% higher than the population of the lower class. However, today the middle class population is now only 22% higher than the lower class (McDill). This is only a 14% drop spread over 44 years. The major issue here is that while the middle class shrinks, the upper and lower classes are growing. Financial experts believe that soon the middle class will become nonexistent and America will be divided

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    “ Higher education is a prerequisite for a middle-class lifestyle.” So how are students suppose to attend a four-year university if all financial aid is giving them is loans? That’s the question many middle-class students are asking themselves, and a question I had to ask myself as well. Being able to afford the university of my choice was not about to come easy. Imagine a girl in her senior year of high school with the hopes of going to a four-year university. She got accepted into every university

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