The Inequality Of Native Americans

The things you grow up around and see happening around you influence you tremendously in the type of person you’ll grow up to be. Our sociology book says that social structure guides our behavior and this is true, you want to behave in a way to make your family proud of you. I’d like to start by saying I don’t personally know any Native Americans so it’s hard to actually answer this question, but I’ll use the book to the best of my ability. They were brought up in a different way than most Americans and everyone acts according to how and with what they were brought up with. They didn’t have much in life; grew their own food, took care of their family and helped out in any way that they could. College didn’t happen for most because they didn’t have money and it was a privilege not bestowed on them. In middle of high school we learn about how Native Americans were treated unfair and didn’t get the privilege of school like we did. …show more content…
No one had very much, so they had to depend on one another to survive. In the past, they have not been very high in the means of social class, which could explain why they still don’t have a high college graduation rate. It takes a long time to change what you and others think of yourself and way of life. Sometimes it takes a very long time to get past someone’s social status, even though we have changed a lot from how everything was in the past and how everyone thought there is still a lot to work