Describe Structural and Cultural Forces that Contribute to Racial Inequality (115) William Wilson states that structural forces are the principal reason for racial inequality. These structural forces are either social acts, actions performed by humans, or social processes, the evolution of society. Wilson argues that economical and political forces contribute to inequality by increasing joblessness and declining wages for African Americans. Besides structural forces, Wilson acknowledges that cultural forces supply to inequality. The largest cultural force is the historical racism and the belief that African Americans’ are second class citizens. I agree that the structural forces cause more inequality owing to the fact that these forces make African Americans’ struggle more in society and do not allow them to success to become equal to inferior race.
Forces Shaping Concentrated Poverty (106) Wilson explains how the political factors affect the African Americans by redlining, building freeways, and housing market incentives. Redlining disallowed the African Americans to purchase homes in wealthier areas and escape from the inner cities. Another obstacle are the freeways separating the city …show more content…
Women are left with usually several children out of wedlock to raise on her own with hardly none financial income. Wilson argues that African American males delay entry into marriage because the employment rate in the inner city is low. Men in the inner city tend to have issues, such as: joblessness, poor education, criminal records, drug and alcohol abuse, and violent history. These types of males produce fragmented families and continue the cycle of poverty in the inner city, disabling African American women to survive and be more than a single mother. I see the struggle these women have and how hard it is to break the structural forces created by the inner city
Forces Shaping Concentrated Poverty (106) Wilson explains how the political factors affect the African Americans by redlining, building freeways, and housing market incentives. Redlining disallowed the African Americans to purchase homes in wealthier areas and escape from the inner cities. Another obstacle are the freeways separating the city …show more content…
Women are left with usually several children out of wedlock to raise on her own with hardly none financial income. Wilson argues that African American males delay entry into marriage because the employment rate in the inner city is low. Men in the inner city tend to have issues, such as: joblessness, poor education, criminal records, drug and alcohol abuse, and violent history. These types of males produce fragmented families and continue the cycle of poverty in the inner city, disabling African American women to survive and be more than a single mother. I see the struggle these women have and how hard it is to break the structural forces created by the inner city