Classism and Family
After reading chapter four and five I found it interesting that the greatest percentage class of poverty was white. I think that is simply because there are more white people living in the United States than any other race (Aulette). A question that my mind pondered as I was reading this was, if the percentage of ethnic races were equal, would there still be one class of race living in poverty or would it be equal?
I honestly do not think that in the society that we live in today that the race you are defines if you are going to be in the wealthy, middle, or working class population. I do believe that there are some states and even towns where the opportunities are just not available as they are in other states. So many of the factories are outsourcing to other countries since the labor is cheaper for them, thus eliminating jobs leading more people to unemployment and state aid. It is a very unfortunate situation for America. Another problem is many companies are eliminating high number of jobs within their company’s due to a slow economic decline. A prime example of this would be the Wells Fargo company cutting 1,800 jobs. (Bloomberg)
As far as America becoming a more classist or less classist society, I think that it is a less classist society. Defined as how a person is treated in a different way by how rich or poor they are, I don’t think that people characterize people by what they are worth as much as they did in earlier years. I have faith in there to be more acceptance of an individual class. Although I have never been around a wealthy person, I believe that the majority of people are more accepting than they used to be. There are the people out there that feel that we do have many people that basically take advantage of the benefits of food stamps and state aid simply because they do not want to work. Although I don’t not think that this falls under the classist society theory.
I honestly do not think that in the society that we live in today that the race you are defines if you are going to be in the wealthy, middle, or working class population. I do believe that there are some states and even towns where the opportunities are just not available as they are in other states. So many of the factories are outsourcing to other countries since the labor is cheaper for them, thus eliminating jobs leading more people to unemployment and state aid. It is a very unfortunate situation for America. Another problem is many companies are eliminating high number of jobs within their company’s due to a slow economic decline. A prime example of this would be the Wells Fargo company cutting 1,800 jobs. (Bloomberg)
As far as America becoming a more classist or less classist society, I think that it is a less classist society. Defined as how a person is treated in a different way by how rich or poor they are, I don’t think that people characterize people by what they are worth as much as they did in earlier years. I have faith in there to be more acceptance of an individual class. Although I have never been around a wealthy person, I believe that the majority of people are more accepting than they used to be. There are the people out there that feel that we do have many people that basically take advantage of the benefits of food stamps and state aid simply because they do not want to work. Although I don’t not think that this falls under the classist society theory.