Social classes

socioeconomic statue of people within it. A disaster may affect the upper and low classes in different ways; because the upper class has the ability to get out of the situation more quickly than the lower class because they do not have as many opportunities as the upper class. The classes can experience the disaster differently, just because of their social statue; the lower classes are always those who lose more than the upper classes. The lack of resources makes the lower class experience the…

Ever since the beginning of time people have been divided into social classes by whether or not they had money. Even though society has tried to make everyone socially equal, some people are richer than others. In fact, Jesus prophesied, “The poor you will always have with you…” (Mark 14:7, NIV). Many people have debated the causes of social classes. Culture, race, birthplace, and choices all influence a person’s status. However, I believe the main reasons for a person being in a certain class…

sends the idea of gender roles and stereotypes from the gender class and the social class. The story of Cinderella starts with the happy life of Cinderella and her father as the upper-middle class family. Her father then remarry a widow woman with two daughters because he wants his daughter to get a love from a mother figure.…

African Americans categorized by classism in the Houston area? Class Action defines classism as “differential treatment based on social class or perceived social class. Classism is the systematic oppression of a subordinated class group to an advantage and strengthens the dominant class groups. It’s the systematic assignment of characteristics of worth and ability based on social class.” Classism is an interrelated spectrum that categorizes people based on economic level, educational…

Sharing the American Dream On its fourth season with CBS, 2 Broke Girls, came to television at a time when it was needed. In 2011, America had been faced with the economy taking a downward spiral and American viewers started to possibly find the millionaires and their Kardashians unappealing. Max Black and Caroline Channing, the two female protagonist of the show, share the character arc and ideology of working hard to achieve what they desire. The two young ladies, both in their mid-twenties,…

In “The Working Class Majority” by Michael Zewig, Zewig writes of a rather non-standard approach to our class system. He writes of class from a relational perspective, thus meaning that he analyzes the relationships that classes have amongst each other. It truly is a rather interesting way of looking at our class system. Near the top of our class system we have the capitalist class. The capitalist class is made up of owners of businesses. According to Zewig, it doesn’t really matter if you are…

Ideology can be defined as a set of beliefs, attitudes, values, and ideas that characterises the consciousness of a class, at a given historical moment. (Markedbyteachers.com, 2015). This set is determined by social, economic, and historical factors. Liberalism and Marxism are two very different ideals, and some would even go as far as saying that they are opposite to one another. Due to this common opinion, I will look at the two from another point of view, and focus on some of their…

leading cause of American’s inability to not only succeed, but live their daily lives. Class can affect anything from health, education, and the environment. The discrepancy amongst classes also leads to a large income gap. With sixty percent of Americans only owning four percent of the wealth, the difference between classes grows more evident each day (Mantsios 285). The…

In the novel Last Night at the Lobster, we get a good representation of the manager, Manny and how he deals with the Red Lobster being shut down days before Christmas. After reading the book, it is no secret that running the Red Lobster is not easy and neither is dealing with the employees and their personal issues. Darden Restaurants may feel like this is a good job, like they are doing the right thing but on the other hand there are so many employees who are going to be out of a job. These two…

In the world we live in now, almost everything is based on your social class and socioeconomic status. Whether it’s your salary, your friends, we could even go as far as saying it changes how other people view you as a person. All of this is based on morals. Morality is more important than money in society because, without morals, total chaos would occur. Though money is a huge part of everyday life and our system, for that matter, without morals, we won't be able to keep a functioning economic…