Social Differences Between Race And Gender

groups have been identified to perpetuate rather than resolve the social inequities they should be resolving. Furthermore, the superiority of social class over race and gender is supported by the realization that socioeconomic disadvantage is in reality a present handicap, rather than an intergeneration one and it can be assessed at an individual level and not necessarily in aggregate (Magnus & Mick, 2000). Aggregating an entire race or gender in affirmative action is a reflection of the inherent shortcomings contained as being underprivileged is more influenced by the family background rather being from a certain race.
Sacks (2007) observes that it has been unfortunate that the reality of class being the grand organizing principle of American …show more content…
Hereby, income inequality continues among professionals and it actually continues to expand. For instance, it might be argued that there has been a substantial expansion of the African American middle-class and white-collar labor market. However, the economic attainment being observed among African Americans, in comparison to the White in the same social class, continue lagging behind. Similar arguments apply even in efforts to promote the social position of women. While it is undeniable that women have made significant gains in employment rates and their numbers in white-collar jobs, they however continue being relegated to lower paying positions and lower status even within their social class (Tsang & Dietz, 2001). While the link between affirmative action with race and gender is sensible, it is however insufficient in facilitating the achievement of the desired outcome courtesy of the inherent weaknesses of the …show more content…
However, even though the various isms have been identified to play a role in enhancing the accumulation of wealth among the upper class, the class structure is the one that most directly evidences the influence of the other isms in the search for enhanced profits for the upper class. The result from the limited focus on class has been subtle interpretation of those deserving affirmative action. With the failure to extend affirmative action programs to social class, the success of the affirmative comes under threat as frictions arise. This is because of the misconceptions that are created. For instance, with the affirmative action programs not extended to social class, the unsuccessful White men would sometimes claim that people from the groups considered to fall under affirmative action stole their jobs (Alessio, 2011). This goes on to show that social class is, in reality, the obvious issue that the debate on affirmative action is not