White-collar worker

the creation of the early unions. In this factory, working conditions were oppressive. Workers would work twelve hour shifts in pitch black rooms. Accidents would occur like getting caught in the machinery and losing limbs. Cases of third degree burns from exploding hot steel were common. Unions would form amongst the workers to protect their rights against these casualties. Besides these harsh conditions, workers were also concerned of wage cuts that may be made the factory’s owner, Andrew…

Is equality what we really need? If everyone has access to the same education standards, then why do we see an educational achievement gap in our system? Our academic system reflects that people with a higher socioeconomic status, who tend to be white, have a higher success rate in academics. The people of color, on the other hand, who tend to be of lower income communities, have lower academic success. Academic standards are the same for everyone and every child is expected to meet those…

American labor leader, believed in non-violence as he went on his strikes. He sacrificed himself for others as he fasted for continuous days. Cesar Chavez is an important figure in American History because he used non-violence to bring attention to farm workers. Without Cesar Chavez, America would not have fair pay and working conditions in the fields. Cesar Chavez was born on March 31, 1927, in Yuma, Arizona, to immigrant parents. At age 10, he started his work in the fields of California. For…

In Moynihan’s study he compared homes of both black and white people through every social class. Broken homes are more prevalent in black households in every social class even in high class families. In the study he found that almost fourteen percent of black families of high social class had no father present compared to zero percent in white families. (Moynihan, 38) He also found that there is a correlation between the IQ scores of black kids and…

Précis #3, White Privilege, (3/24 & 3/26) PART I: In Dr. Feagin’s book, Racist America, he analyzes the historical development of “White Privileges and Black Burdens,” in America and the manners in which they continue to manifest within the present society. Immediately Dr. Feagin assures that white privilege is real regardless of the fact that some whites may not “feel” that they have any sense of power privilege. One of the biggest reasons as to which whites may not acknowledge their white…

Los Angeles, California. The movie makes an effort to portray the large hidden aspect of American society during the 1960s. Bobby presents the daily lives of the hotel staffs and shows how they affected by their race, the relation between blacks, whites, and Mexicans. In the movie, a young couple is depicted who is about to get married as part of anti- war effort, employees that are not allowed to go for casting vote due to racial discriminations, and two campaign staff members that have trip on…

The adults had much better understanding of what discrimination is and why it is wrong. The children were in a small all white towns in Riceville, Iowa; the only way for them to hear about racism is through a television or radio. While the adults who were prison guards and patrol officers who believe they came in for a workshop. For the children, they were given a two day…

In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck develops the concept of loneliness through the characters Candy, Curley's wife, and Crooks to show that loneliness can cause depression which causes characters to give up hope. Crooks is lonely because he is the only black man on the farm and everyone on the farm thinks that he smells so Crooks is separated from everyone else he lives all by himself with old books. “You got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room. Nobody got any right in here but me”.…

In 1937, John Steinbeck writes a dramatic tragedy, Of Mice and Men. George and Lennie are two ranch hands who can not keep a job during the Great Depression. Lennie and George have a dream, to own a piece of land with a house. Every ranch hand has this dream that Lennie and George can not seem to achieve. This is because Lennie is always “messing” things up. Lennie is a giant; he is a strong guy who is childlike that does not realize his own strength. George is his reciprocal, very short and…

School social workers were created because of the need to intergrade communities more than they currently were in 1906. It all started in New York and Connecticut. The school social workers that started, helped connect public school and the families of the public school, and provided resources to help with what was needed during a difficult time. For instance, The Great Depression occurred and the school social workers were there to help. Due to other national problems, such as segregation,…