Social inequality effects in healthy living

Social inequality effects in healthy living

Introduction

Social Inequality can possibly result to increased poverty among people and effect economic development of a nation. Social inequality is a situation in which there can be found differences between individual groups. This kind of inequality   result to creation of differences among people in the society which affect how people relate in their social cycle, social status as well as social groups. These differences hinder people from having healthy social life.

In America cases of inequality have been raised from day to day, generation to generation. Many people have fought against any kind of inequality in the society, they associate inequality with limiting people from having rights to freedom of speech, education, vote and even right to dignity. Recent social survey have identified that there have been cases of inequalities in the present generation though there is minor changes as compared to the past decades. This research will therefore be aimed on identifying how social inequalities has increased poverty and underdevelopment in our country. Racism, gender inequality and class inequality will be discussed.

Literature Review

Racism

According to the previous researches the issue of inequality is has been highlighted to result from racism and discrimination. This has become a key problem in society. Since it usually producing to impact in every level of human development. The research shows that the issues of discrimination and inequality based on race are prevalent in America. Racism has been passed from one generation to another (Kluegel & Smith, 2017). American has been facing the challenge of perception; this has been in the top stories on the daily news. The blacks make the most population of the minority poor in America they tend to be discriminated and treated with inequality due to color difference. Most of the whites in America never see the racism in the western society they believe that the blacks are different from the native speakers that’s why these issues are not allowed by the ideologies, stereotypes and prejudices.

The researcher further explains that as our country continue to grow and strive there is the passage of traditions from generation to generation, and therefore the issues of inequalities based on race will always be there. Previous literature claims that racism has been prevalent in the education system, job sector, the political system and even in the entire society. The needs of the black or non-native speakers are always ignored (Kluegel & Smith, 2017).

Gender inequality

Previous literature has been done on gender inequality in America, this issues has engulfed US and resulted to placing different roles onto female and male sexes. Discrimination has put men and women into different roles and removes many privileges (Brewer, 2016).Moreover, in the US there have been different activists fighting for gender equality, aiming to ensure that women gain more rights and change the common perception of women in  the entire society. This could contribute towards transforming society as the whole (Hartman et al ,2016).

According to the researches in the nineteenth century, there have been many instances and activities beamed at transforming society. Though sensitizing people on the role of women in society and their importance in society. Advocating for women rights helped in shaping their places in society. Interestingly women have gotten privileges and acknowledgements from the male counterparts since we can see them even running from the top political seat in politics. To change the perception of women in the society could have appeared like interfering with the tradition of the land and that’s why women tend to face some of the challenges since male though women’s might change the dynamic system of US (Brewer, 2016).

Class inequality in America

According to literature, the continuous class inequality has been persistent in the US. The issue of the economic division has resulted in people especially the blacks and the poor I the society develop a sense of being desperate since they cannot support their families. The poor were given privileges to work in the military. Since the time of colonies, the colonists formed part of the elite society and were much involved and concerned on how they boycotts could benefit them (Hartman et al ,2016).Those in the upper class had dominated the economic superiority. The increment in class inequality brought differences in the social status of people in society. The quality of the poor and the level of rich in the nation. Furthermore, the researcher explained that as time goes on the rich got richer and the poor become poorer (General social survey In America ,2016 ).

Analysis & Assessment

Generally analyzing the above literature it the issue of inequality in American society has been accelerated by key factors such as racism, gender inequality and class inequality. The previous researchers have identified the gap that exist in the society as a result of such problems being passed from generation to generation. This is even reflected in the modern society where by we have some cases of gender inequality, racism and class inequality. It is very painful that the nonnative speaker in America are mistreated and discriminated in the job sector, political system and even in the education system. For instance the current ban of immigrants to America by president Trump of the people from some Islamic states has accelerated the inequality in the society (Kluegel & Smith, 2017). It means that students from Somalia, Iran and some other banned countries could not move to America to further their studies .This is discrimination of high order as it create fears to people from different religions living in America, this could also affect the country’s economic development. It hinders people from advancing in investments doing business ventures in America especially the nonnatives and the blacks (Brewer, 2016).

Conclusion

Generally the essay focused on general social survey, categorically   discussing on inequalities due to Race, Class and Gender .It shows that there is since there is concern to connect sociological issue with real-world context. The widely analyzed surveys in the U.S has been useful in examining the current social inequalities. As a result of the research it is very clear that in some parts of America there are many instances of discrimination. Most of the people who have been treated with inequality based on gender, racism and class feel less important as well tend to develop sense of being desperate.

There should be efforts as well as new strategies established in order to fight for any kind of inequality in America, be it resulting from social class, gender or race. To improve our country economically as well as have better international relationship there is need of welcoming foreign investors and immigrants to operate in America. This will help in closing the gap that has been created by the matter of inequality. We need country with zero cases of inequality where the future generation will be able to live like brothers with no cases’ of racism, class differences or gender inequality.

References

Brewer, R. M. (2016). Theorizing race, class, and gender: The new scholarship of Black feminist intellectuals and Black women’s labor. In Race, gender and class (pp. 58-64). Routledge.

General social survey In America (2017) .(http://sda.berkeley.edu )

Hartman, J. M., Bradley, S. D., & Bond, J. (2016). Double exposure: Poverty and race in America. Routledge.

Kluegel, J. R., & Smith, E. R. (2017). Beliefs about inequality: Americans’ views of what is and what ought to be. Routledge.