A class system is a social ranking based on income, occupation, and education which creates social advantages as distribution of goods and services and it plays an important role in the forms of privilege. The measurement of poverty based on a percentage of the median income in society and according to Rothenberg’s Magic Media Poverty is an absolute result of economy and politic that do not provide job and proper wage.Poor are qualitatively different in values and lifestyles. Equal medical attention,educational opportunities, hunger, the lack of affordable housing are related to the class system. The United States has one of the highest poverty rates in the advanced world. A record 46.2 million people are living in poverty, the largest number
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Children aged 2-11 watch over 24 hours of TV per week, while adults aged 35-49 watch more than 33 hours, according to data on NYDAILYNEWS.com. Through advertisements, television, movies and newspapers, the media has a huge influence on people’s mind and shows positive images of middle- and upper-class and never mention the difference between social classes, poor, and poverty. Magic Media( needs cite !!) says, media ignores the poverty in society by giving the wrong statistic about it and tells us that the poor are undeserving by showing us the stories about cheating in welfare offices and using drugs. They always blame poor and their luck and do not show the real life of a poor family to do not discomfort the wealthy class. Media creates a gap between poor and middle class in society by using words as “we” and “others’.They do not want people know that the poor exist, neither the wealthy. We are all middle class and there is no working class and wealthy The wealthy are appeared to have no interests other than serving the society in a …show more content…
As we see in the Harvard survey video with the charts, Majority of the american have absolutely no wealth and most of wealth belongs to few percentage of people in the country. These inequalities are result of a class system based on increasing gaps in income, wealth, and power between the few people on top and the masses of people at the bottom. Capitalism is a system that produces cruel consequences and causes competition, stress, and anxiety among members of the working class and middle class. Changing this position with hard working is a dream and for the most part people have little power to improve their class position. Research shows people are as likely to move downward as they are upward in the class system. Capitalism, is a system which in particular, benefits the rich an government creates arrangement of direct subsidies, tax breaks, and other support for big businesses. Inequality is inevitable within a system that has individual competition at its core, and therefore, people divide into the group of ‘winners’ and ‘losers.’ The increase of immigrants in the U.S. and the loss of jobs cause the unfair competition for immigrants in the U.S.The immigrants and people of color have being affected by class and racial dynamic by not getting the equal job opportunities. Beside the language and culture problems, immigrants have no place
Children aged 2-11 watch over 24 hours of TV per week, while adults aged 35-49 watch more than 33 hours, according to data on NYDAILYNEWS.com. Through advertisements, television, movies and newspapers, the media has a huge influence on people’s mind and shows positive images of middle- and upper-class and never mention the difference between social classes, poor, and poverty. Magic Media( needs cite !!) says, media ignores the poverty in society by giving the wrong statistic about it and tells us that the poor are undeserving by showing us the stories about cheating in welfare offices and using drugs. They always blame poor and their luck and do not show the real life of a poor family to do not discomfort the wealthy class. Media creates a gap between poor and middle class in society by using words as “we” and “others’.They do not want people know that the poor exist, neither the wealthy. We are all middle class and there is no working class and wealthy The wealthy are appeared to have no interests other than serving the society in a …show more content…
As we see in the Harvard survey video with the charts, Majority of the american have absolutely no wealth and most of wealth belongs to few percentage of people in the country. These inequalities are result of a class system based on increasing gaps in income, wealth, and power between the few people on top and the masses of people at the bottom. Capitalism is a system that produces cruel consequences and causes competition, stress, and anxiety among members of the working class and middle class. Changing this position with hard working is a dream and for the most part people have little power to improve their class position. Research shows people are as likely to move downward as they are upward in the class system. Capitalism, is a system which in particular, benefits the rich an government creates arrangement of direct subsidies, tax breaks, and other support for big businesses. Inequality is inevitable within a system that has individual competition at its core, and therefore, people divide into the group of ‘winners’ and ‘losers.’ The increase of immigrants in the U.S. and the loss of jobs cause the unfair competition for immigrants in the U.S.The immigrants and people of color have being affected by class and racial dynamic by not getting the equal job opportunities. Beside the language and culture problems, immigrants have no place