Proverty Inequality

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On today’s life, social inequality is given based on a variety of different characteristics, of race, ethnicity, gender, culture, economic class, immigration status, and sexual preference that a person may have. It is the power of privilege the holds the honor and respect, and the prestige of income and property, that wins every time. Auto-differentially positioning the poor as minority groups to hold less power, and manipulated by those who want to maintain themselves as elite. “Often experiencing unequal treatment compared to the dominant group, giving them a collective sense of being discriminated against” (Carl 2013, Pg.41) It is clear that society still struggles to find opportunities to live in equality with the poor. Rewarding them with only unequal distribution of opportunities that only increases, today’s wage gap and the disadvantages that they must overcome on their way to survive and succeed in life. What factors can increase this inequality? The poor must overcome the lack of economic resources, the stereotypes created among their group, and the government cutbacks that they must live on their daily basis till the rest of their lives.
Lack of Economic Resources
How lower class people should find success in life if they suffer from the lack of economic resources? Society permanently assured that whoever obtains to have the power of economic resources will be showered with better opportunities, benefits, and power over the minority group. On the other hand lower economic class, such as the working class and urban underclass have to work extra hard on high demanding physical jobs to be able just to maintain themselves to survive paycheck to paycheck. “They are the ones who truly feel the effects of poverty” (Carl 2013 ...

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Barber, E. (2014, Feb 20). Income inequality: Among US cities, bigger ones are more unequal. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved from http://sks.sirs.com
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Freeland, Chrystia. "The Permanent Class Divide." Reuters Media. 21 Mar. 2013: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 17 Mar. 2014.
Hinsliff, G. (2014, Feb 13). Not everyone can 'lean in'. The Guardian. Retrieved from http://sks.sirs.com
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