Social Class And Middle Class

There is much debate about the issue of social class in the United States. There are arguments about whether social classes are distinctly separate or fluid, dependent upon one’s community or society as a whole, and if they are subjective or objective (Hughes and Jenkins). However, despite the debate surrounding social classes, it is still important to try to define them and analyze their effects, as they are such an important part of our identity and our opportunities in society. Although our society has tried to appear as though we have no classes, and it is becoming harder to tell what class someone is in by material goods, classes do still exist today (Scott and Leonhardt). The trend has been to divide the U.S. into four major

Individuals within a society are grouped into certain rankings that is based on their wealth, income, race and education known as the social stratification. Sociologist use this to determine the social standings of individuals within a society. Social stratification can also appear in much smaller groups. These groups such as the work place, schools, and businesses can “take the form of a distribution of power and authority down the ranks”. (Cole, 2017) The Caste system is also another form of stratification that one does not get a choice in. They are born into it and regardless of their talents will hold positions that are given to them their whole life. Social mobility is the ability for individuals to move about their social standings.

Social class is a “tag” to define your status in a community. One of the main requirements you must have to be in the Upper class, is to have wealth and power. That is basically it, and obviously the absence of those characteristics could mean you are in a Middle or even in the Lower class. Sports are an activity that people do for pleasure that requires physical activity and sometimes has rules for the players to follow in order to play the game. It is most commonly played outdoors. It can improve your cardio, health, and physical condition. For example, it can prevent things like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer or even mental illnesses like depression.

In modern the modern day United states, Americans face a problem that drastically affects the way we have to live life. Our healthcare system has become drastically irregular and unequal in the current system. After thorough analyzation of the provided CTSIP tables one can clearly see the gap between economic and social classes that exists in the current structure and can place the said data into both a functionalist and marxist perspective.

An inequality in society, economy, wealth distribution, and political corruption and the influence in cooperation of government led to

The sad reality is White privilege is very prevalent in the United States and has been for the past hundreds of years not to say that there has not been improvement. This is a very touchy subject where emotions runs deep many people who do not see it as an issue do not believe that White privilege exists. I do not think it is always done purposely the way society is set up many do not realize what they are doing or some may not even care. When watching the video about the resume experience it was sad to hear the same resume with different names the jobs called back the less ethnic name and how it was estimated that it would take five weeks longer for the person to find a job that was not white. Additionally saying a person who has an ethnic

White privilege is a new term that has been classified by academia, but has been experienced for millennia. The course of history is told through the eyes of European Caucasian white males, whilst capturing, infecting or enslaving many ethnicities. Laws in the United States were at some point designed to limit the number of people that were granted freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Even though they have been abolished, in current society, major companies and workplaces have found loopholes to still discriminate as much as possible. To be a white male in this society can be compared to winning the “genetic lottery”, because they have little obstacles in the real world.

The United States is often seen by many as a country of equal opportunity. A place where social classes do not exist. Unfortunately, thoughts such as these are wrong because the US is far from being the only country to escape this exception. When observed closely there are signs that each person manifests that distinctively show what social class they belong to. Although money is the most common marker of class, education along with health related topics such as heart disease and eating habits are strong inicators of class.

Social class is a division of a society based on social and economic status which can include levels of wealth, success, power of authority, and influence. Status is can be defined or grouped having common economic, cultural, or political interests.

To further this, part of white privilege is simply being treated better than people of color for being white. White privilege manifests itself in several ways. One way is that people do not assume the worst qualities of white people, that they are violent, criminals, thieves, etc., because of their race, or that they tend in that direction, or if they prove that they are not, they are an exception. Another manifestation of white privilege is that white people face far lower rates of incarceration and punishment for the same crimes as people of color and less severe punishments. One other manifestation of white privilege is white people do not have to worry about not getting a job, or some other marker of success, because of their race. People of color have to deal with employers hiring just as qualified, or even less qualified, white people over them. As Johnston says, “…my access to privilege doesn’t determine my outcomes, but it is definitely an asset that makes it more likely that whatever talent, ability, and aspirations I have will result in something good for me” (p.

Since the beginning of America, there has always been much racial discrimination between the whites and many other races such as the Native Americans to Chinese immigrants to African Americans. In the mid-1900’s, civil rights acts were being passed which prohibited the discrimination and separation of blacks from whites, as well as the other minority groups. Yet, today racial discrimination is still going on through the world in the form of white privilege. White privilege is essentially a term used describe how whites have a better chance to do something or go somewhere than blacks did. Although many people, especially the poorer ones, tend to overthink this a little and think that white privilege is more based on class privilege. Something

“Approximately 13 percent of the American population- that is, nearly, of every eight people in this country- live below the official poverty line,” (Mantsios 179). I define being wealthy as having an immense amount of money, enough to not be stressed about paying bills.

The killer of the middle class in the USA! GLOBALIZATION!! The direction the billionaires have brought this nation and the middle class in the US are sick of getting taken advantage of, sick of no jobs and getting screwed in trade and at the border. Open borders agenda is a part of it allowing open travels to work and jobs to bring up developing countries economies at the expense of hard working Americans! North Atlantic Free Trade Association Clinton backed (NAFTA) - NAFTA sent the jobs of U.S. autoworkers to Mexico, a developing country, where wages are significantly lower than those in the U.S. A few years later, some of those same jobs were relocated to third-world countries in East Asia, where wages are even lower. In both cases, the auto

In their article entitled White Privilege Richard and Schaefer define white privilege as a, “series of advantages that come to White Americans in their daily lives because, typically, they have been free of the labeling, stereotyping, and discrimination, past and present, that people of color experience,” (2008). One aspect of my racial privilege is that the majority of the U.S. population are Caucasian as well. Wherever I go I will most likely find systems targeted toward a white audience. Whether shopping and seeing all white manikins, hearing a song like ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ at a cookout, or standing trial, the biases towards white males ensure that I am always the one these systems were created to aid. I have successfully appealed speeding tickets that were felonious being 30+ miles per hour over the stated speed limit. Being over an hour late to my appointed court date didn’t seem to be an issue either. I can only imagine what the judge’s decision would have been if I was not white or was not wearing a nice suit gifted to me by my upper-middle class stature. At work I saw a pattern similar to those describing their experiences with community service. Danielle, one of those interviewed by Tatum in his article was, “a 21-year-old white ESL tutor,” and she, “had witnessed the unfair treatment of her clients because of their accent and nationality, as well as the significant barriers to obtaining legal citizenship,” (2000). While

This essay will explore the notion of social class and whether it is still relevant within today’s society. The Oxford Dictionary defines social class as ‘a division of a society based on social and economic status’ and is measurable in terms of stratification and inequality. Stratification suggests people are ranked hierarchically according to their attributes such as income, wealth, power, age, gender and status, whereas, inequality explains the difference between people in terms of their abilities and rewards