Englewood Sociological Analysis

“I hate people that live in Englewood, it is a horrible neighbor. Most people that live there are low-life scum. Those people steal, sell drugs and, they don’t even pay their taxes” is a statement, in which I’ve heard a person use to described the impoverished community of Englewood. The residents of Englewood reside on the bottom of the societal totem pole, but it should be noted that the totem which rates society is decided by financial standings, educational attainments, race and etc. The totem pole is not based on broad assumptions and speculations, but instead hard facts. The rank that they hold has been bestowed upon them and it should not be assumed that do not want better for themselves or their children. The historical idea of social class refers to a classification of people with similar levels of wealth, influence, and status. The best way to explain it is, people who make decisions are easily influenced by people with money; therefore, the …show more content…
One sociologists who has discussed the topic is Karl Marx. He claimed that there were only two classes, the owners and the workers. Workers merely possessed their capability to work- Marx referred to them as “labor power”-and since owners determined wages and paid workers, owners had clout over the labor power. Marx talked mostly about the two classes of owners and workers, but he was aware of a third class which he named “petite bourgeoisie” which directly translates from French to little middle class. Owners of small businesses were considered to be occupants of this class. However, for Marx it was somewhat difficult to find a location for this group because they contradicted the definition pervious made for social class and instead the owner had control over their work and their wages. In fact, Marx occasionally classified them with the owners and occasionally put them with the