John Steinbeck Discrimination

Billions of people around the world are experiencing income inequality, poverty, and discrimination which leaves long term destruction to their families. The Pearl, written 70 years ago by John Steinbeck, portrays racial discrimination and class differences. These themes are displayed through a family native to Mexico living on the coast of Baja, California who are treated poorly due to their class, race, and economic standard. Seventy years later discrimination is still transpiring. The Pearl by John Steinbeck exposes the extreme prejudice, inequality, and discrimination that billions of people suffer around the world, just like Kino’s daily life in Mexico

Kino is looked down upon and discriminated in his society due to his social class

Similarly, 1.65 million Native Americans lack basic health care and in Little Singer Community School students are required to carry their chairs from class to class due to the lack of supplies. They also received an education in a school from the Great Depression era with mice infestations. This idea is unthinkable to the standard upper class human like the doctor in Kino’s neighborhood. However, for people like Veronica and the students of Little Singer, it is their day to day life. For the millions also living in poverty due to cultural discrimination nothing is taken advantage

Kino illustrates a prime example of prejudice and stereotypes that the 3 billion people living under the poverty line suffer with every day. Discrimination has decreased over the past 30 years, but we still have a long way to go. Global Issues stated that 1.1 billion people live on $1 a day. However, a piece of data cannot show all of the dimensions of poverty like the deprivation that they have to go to just yet again earn that