Underclass

Introduction The author of Evicted, Matthew Desmond, exposes the restrictions those in extreme poverty may face daily. Based in Milwaukee Wisconsin, Desmond takes his readers into the lives of those living in poorly maintained housing where tenants experience health problems, eviction, and at times even death. The property owners are wealthy and thrive off profits made by those less fortunate, yet do minimal maintenance to preserve their rental units. The families residing in the rentals cope…

The world is standing on the verge of one of the most consequential technological thresholds in history, a scientific discovery that has the power to alter the very fabric of generations of lives to come, challenging what it means to be human. Imagine a world in which one can look through a catalog of possible traits while shopping for a new child, picking hair color, intelligence level, and athletic ability. However crazy this may seem, “designer baby” is no longer a science-fiction term, but…

In the book, The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz, the author deconstructs various types of stereotypes and myths embodied by television shows that romanticize family life and gender roles. Coontz (1992) states that these idealizations promote the “traditional family” myth which she describes as “an ahistorical amalgam of structures, values, and behaviors that never coexisted in time and place” (p.9). The notions derived from this myth are a…

When I was small, my mother would always read bedtime stories to me. One of the stories she would always read was Harry Potter. The author J.K Rowling describes a wizarding academy – the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - where many kinds of magical incantations and a variety of fantastic animals and plants reside. One time, I asked my mother, “Mom, can I become a witch when I am eleven years old?” This question seemed kind of ridiculous, but my mom just nodded and continued reading.…

pick up the welfare check. Once a person becomes dependant on programs and does not have to work to support himself he becomes happy and comfortable. He may forget what it is like in the real world and loose the desire to do better. The term “underclass” was developed for these people. They are all unemployed and uneducated. Some fear that they are what threaten America’s existence. They are the cause of the nation’s deficit growth. If we continue to permit such a mentality what future do we…

The meaning of life is not limited to eating, playing or living. The meaning is on people 's dreams, what you think and what you do. Among them, I think the most important is the human mind. Mind or idea, that is an absolutely important part of your life. No matter if it is positive or negative, happiness or sadness, painful or comfortable, it has an intrinsic meaningful value. Everyone has a meaningful life and everyone wants their life more meaningful. So, how people’s mind makes their life…

groups in Australia; structural unemployment contributes to the increase of youth unemployment and furthers the belief set forth by the class system of role satisfaction. As unemployment rates continue to rise, so has crime and deviancy among the underclass. A criminologist by the name of R. Eckersley established a direct link between the rise in crime and unemployment, his “ 'research in Australia and overseas has linked unemployment to mental and physical ill-health, suicide, drugs and crime '…

Crystal Fonseca HIST 107 Professor Zeman January 23,2016 Chapter 3 & 4: Persons of Mean and Vile Conditions & Tyranny is Tyranny I. The start of Bacon's rebellion A. Virginia was founded in 1676 it supplied the leadership for the American Revolution a. The colony faced rebellion of white frontiersmen as well as slaves and servants b. England decided to send an army of soldiers across the Atlantic, they did this in hopes of maintaining the peace between the colonist B. Bacon's Rebellion…

The Great Gatsby is an excellent example of how social economic status influences people’s behavior and actions toward other individuals. The 1920’s, the time period in which The Great Gatsby takes place in, was known as the “roaring twenties”. It was a time of change in America, socially and economically. During this era there was more mass production and consumption, people spent money freely, and the stock market was rising tremendously. The main character’s in The Great Gatsby are Gatsby,…

It goes on to explain how school manipulate the size and number of their men’s non-commercial sports to keep the number of male participants down and how it is counterintuitive to the goals expressed by Title IX. The article continues that Title IX was never meant to be an affirmative action law, but rather “like Title VI and Title VII, Title IX is an anti-discrimination statute” and has just been twisted to become different than what it was originally intended to be. The article finally…