Child Inequality Essay

Social inequality is a major problem for the United States. Social inequality is the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. This often affect minority groups such as, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Middle Easterners. There are several agents that contributes to the existence of social inequality.
First are the parents. Depending on the parents, they are both subconsciously and consciously reproduce social inequality. The social class of the parents leads to child inequality in education. They transmit class based cultures to their children. This transmission of cultures cause certain children to have institutional advantages above others.

As a young boy he was taught to shake the hands of adults and look them in the eye. He learned that eye contact can make a good impression in an job interview. In contrast Elijah Anderson, a working class child, never learned to look adults in the eye. He lives in a dangerous neighborhood where he was taught to avoid eye contact with people. Although this lesson is valuable in his situation, it will harm him with future opportunities. Due to this, children of natural growth lack employment opportunities while concerted cultivation are provided with connections and activities that gives them a step up above others.
Second are teachers. Teachers unconsciously play a role in social inequality. Teachers are simply products of “school culture”. They live within a framework of values and symbols that are part of that culture. Teachers tend to have a premature perception of their students. These perception are a self sustaining cultural belief that have been culturally induced. Stereotypical images, provided by society, can reduce or enhance a teacher expectation of a student and can influence their instructional