...Income Inequality is good and it can benefit everyone. The Majority of people say that Income Inequality is a bad thing but it is actually good. Without rich people, we wouldn’t have all the cool stuff that we have now. Income Inequality actually isn’t a bad thing. People become wealthy so they can buy the stuff that we will eventually be able to get later in our lives. Without rich people, we wouldn’t have all the stuff that we have now. If it wasn’t for innovators like John D Rockefeller, Steve Jobs, or Bill Gates, we would not have the stuff that we have now like cars or computers or iPads. “Income inequality in a capitalist system I truly beautiful because it provides the incentive for creative people to gamble on new ideas and it turns luxuries into common goods.” (Washington Post)....
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...pivotal point in the story is that the children are introduced to a new, yet profound truth. That truth is this: There’s more to life than just the ‘hood. Though the story took place roughly 4 decades ago it’s quite obvious that there are still inequalities in America. A general explanation of this issue would be that we still have an upper-class, middle-class, working-class, and lower-class which indicates the unequal distribution of wealth. However, as it relates to this particular story despite the main inequality of in the story, Bambara presents a dichotomy of two different groups of people with two different realities colliding head-on. When Sugar says “You know, Miss Moore I don’t think all of us here put together eat in a year what that sailboat costs.”(Bambara 7) She indicates that she and the other kids live in a reality where their families live paycheck to paycheck and to even think of something a nice as F.A.O. Schwarz is a pipe dream. On the other hand, Ms. Moore lives in a reality where she has learned that she can have more if she puts her mind to it because she said “Where we are is who we are, but it don’t necessarily have to be that way.” (Bambara 6) Unequal distribution is still going on, but it’s nowhere near as bad as it was in that time period. African Americans have many more opportunities and the key to tapping into them is being educated on the ins and...
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...Occupy Wall Street Movement Business Ethics 309 Discuss the moral and economic implications involved in the movement. September 17, 2011 is the day the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement began in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City. The main issues include social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the undue influence of corporations on government according to The New York Times. The mix of moral foundations based on ideas from the anthropologist Richard Shweder, outline six clusters of moral concern - care, fairness, liberty, loyalty, authority, or sanctity. OWS main moral issues include: fairness, care, and liberty. Fairness – the rich (the “1” percent) got rich by taking without giving. OWS protesters viewed the rich as cheaters who exploited their way to the top. They further suggested that the taxpayers had to bail them out after they crashed the economy. Care and liberty were the next moral foundations at OWS (Haidt, 2011). Analyze each of the implications identified above against the utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to determine which theory best applies to the movement. Utilitarian looks at consequences, or the greatest good for the greatest number. Utilitarianism is generally held to be the view that morally right action is the action that produces the most good. We believe that we are all individuals and that society is only the net result of our individual choices. The sociologist Emile Durkheim understood that utilitarianism is...
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...Income inequality Name Date Abstract In any given population, there is a difference between what people within the population earn. The uneven distribution of income in any given population is income inequality. In order for there to be income, there has to be several sources of income. These sources of income may be combinational or independent per person receiving the income. Income may result from wages, rent, bank account interests, salaries or even profits made in business transactions ( Stiglitz, 2012). In his hypothesis, Karl Marx foresaw income inequality in a capitalistic as a major problem that would lead to an economic evolution. The main reason he foresaw an evolution was due to the recurrent nature of income inequality. In an income inequality situation, the richer keep getting richer due to a better income, while the poor keep getting poorer. The gap between the top earners and the low-income earners keeps widening in an income inequality situation. In America, almost 95% of the national wealth is under 5% ownership; this situation leaves 95% of the population to scrounge for the limited 5% wealth (DeNavas et. Al, 2005). Introduction In order to understand the complexities of economic inequality, the best specimen to use for the study is a family. In the study, the family’s income is under analysis, and then the family members ranked from the lowest income earner to the highest income earner. After the ranking, the incomes aid in establishing a Lorenz...
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...In his speech at Riverdale Church in New York City, Martin Luther King Jr. conveys a strong stance against the unjust war in Vietnam. He believes that the America should end the war in Vietnam, and he implores readers to consider the relation between the war and their lives, as well as America society. To buttress his argument, King deftly employs personal anecdote, descriptive writing that directly addresses the readers, and acknowledgment of counterarguments. In his first paragraph, the author draws the connection between war in Vietnam and the fight against poverty in the US. He points out that the money which the government should spend on rehabilitation of its poor is spent on the unnecessary war in Vietnam. According to the author, a lot of people in the US are struggling due to the poverty, and there were some chances, some improvements, some hopes for them; however, the government uses that money for an useless purpose: Vietnamese War. He shares “I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic destructive suction tube.” The hyperbole he...
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...emergence of the market economy, which served to establish the ideals of American “democracy” that we connect with now. This divergence from the former moral economy served to make the United States actually less democratic, forever establishing an upper class of owners and forming social roles about race, class, gender and family that encouraged inequality and persist today. This establishment of inequality is exemplified in the images of work attached to the prompt, and show how these roles were seen and formed within the culture. The image of the Erie Canal Workers shows the change from an earlier ideal of American life and labor, where ones labor was to be used to work and cultivate your own land to sustain your own living. This image of the Erie Canal workers shows the exact opposite of this self owned concept for labor. All of these men are essentially being used as machines, good for nothing but labor, to work and make use of the land owned by someone else, for someone else's profit. The fruits of their labor would not be actual fruits as they might previously have been, but a monetary amount, to be budgeted as best as possible to buy things from other people. This dependence on others and this early establishment of a working class. Tocqueville connects with this idea when he discusses the tyranny of the majority, “within a democracy organized as the United States, only one power is encountered, only one source of strength and success, with nothing outside them[1].” This describes...
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...believe that the term disability has a broad meaning. Even a subtle difference in one feature of any individual may classify that person as someone with disabilities. In the passage, “Disability and the Justification of Inequality in American History”, author Douglas C. Baynton argues that allegations of disability are at the heart of discrimination against a wide range of people including women, people of color, and immigrants. Although some may disagree, there is convincing evidence supporting Baynton’s argument. “While disabled people can be considered one of the minority groups historically assigned inferior status and subjected to discrimination,” explains the author, “disability has functioned for all such groups as a sign of and justification for inferiority” (Baynton 34). He describes that people of all inferior status are considered to have disabilities. Throughout the text, Baynton restates others’ ideas about what they think about certain groups of people that have “disabilities.” It may be said that any individual that strives away from the normal white and able-bodied male is considered disabled. People against equality of women found that their physical, intellectual, and psychological disabilities left them in that category. Racial inequality supporters and immigration restriction invoked the supposed disabilities of particular racial groups. Therefore, disabled people are one of the minority groups historically assigned inferior status. Categorizing women...
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...between nations, or groups in a nation, using weapons. To sum it all up, war is a condition of active animosity or contention and it is not exclusive to people. There are many kinds of war, such as is the war on drugs, the war on terrorism, political wars, and the war on AIDS. The war on AIDS is interesting, because it’s not a war apposing people, but a virus, a disease. According to the bible, our war is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, wickedness and power in high places. (bible, 2005) A system, which is designed to bring order and uniformity, is an attribute to the causes of war. A system is vital to administer order to society. In the early days, before America established its own money system, America used English, Spanish, and French money. America had not established an independent monetary system. “The federal monetary system was established with the creation of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, which was the first American coin in 1793.” (Pfeister, 2007) Benjamin Franklin, an American statesman produced that debt free money, reported the real cause of the Revolutionary War...
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...Midterm Question #1 I feel as though the American Criminal Justice System as it stands right now is a conflict model of law. In recent years there has been many things that have contributed to the tumultuous relationship between society and every aspect of the American Criminal Justice System. From the senseless killings of innocent people to unfair convictions of more innocent people, the Criminal Justice System has encountered many blows that they have no clue how to even begin to withstand. The state in which our society lies right now is very hostile towards anyone apart of the system. Cops are feared because they have killed innocent men. Judges and lawyers are not set upon a pedestal in society because of their convictions of innocent people based on false pretenses. After the Sandra Bland scandal correction officers have been under scrutiny. Respect, dignity, and faith in the very system that is sworn to protect the communities is very much nonexistent. People like Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, and Oscar Grant will forever be known for their tragic deaths at the hands of the law. In each case, these individuals were killed for some reasons known and others unknown. At different stages within the system, these people were dealt an unfair hand. Trayvon Martin was handed injustice inside the courtroom. George Zimmerman was found innocent on a stand your ground precedent that did not apply to him. Even with audio of a dispatcher clearly telling...
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...Movement. Each of these occurrences impacted the American worker and subsequently, their labor unions. Consider the Great Depression. Many Americans were out of work and without union or government intervention, the average American was at the mercy of a potential employer with little power. In 1933, Congress imputed unions with the power of collective bargaining and just two years later further empowered unions to negotiate with the Wagner Act (Library of Congress, n.d.). Legislation like this promoted Unions from intercessors in times of trouble to active advocates for all things labor! Unions were no longer waiting until the working conditions were bad to step in and help workers. Now, they could work with workers through all parts of employment, facilitating benefits, work hours, and more. In the ensuing decades, unions came to experience a peak of power and membership in 1979 (20 million union members in America) before witnessing a...
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...------------------------------------------------- Associate Program Material Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet Part I Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race (located in the Learning Activities - Recommended section), as a reference: * Select 1 racial group from the list below: * African American * Asian American * Arab American * Hispanic American/Latino * White/Caucasian * Write a 200- to 300-word summary of the economic, social, and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary, from the University Library, census, MysocLab SocLab Explorer Map and/or your textbooks. Students are expected to use sources to support their answers Provide in-text citations in the answer. And place their associated APA formatted references below. I chose the group of African Americans. Depending on the way that one particular person in that group was raised, is the way that person has decided to live their life. There are less African Americans that have decided to go into politics as there have been in any other racial group. However, there are a few who have decided to be a part of the political world, for example, our President Barack Obama who is a very successful African American. African American are more populated than other racial groups such as Asians, Arabs, and Hispanics. There is more talk about African Americans living in poverty than you do about any...
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...WELFARE REFORM: The Welfare Reform is one of the most important issues in America today that often gets pushed to the side. I picked this topic because I believe it is something that eventually involves everyone. It is also something, in which seems that the government can not decide on one plan for. It’s always changing. It almost seems as though every president has a new plan for the Welfare program. While growing up in a poor neighborhood and having been raised by a single parent on welfare, many of these issues are important for me to understand and learn about them. It is a better way to understand and come up with ideas to help it. In 1996 congress passed and the president signed the “Personal Responsibility and work opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996” which drastically changed the welfare system. This welfare reform helped to move 4.7 million people who were government funding dependents to self sufficient in just three years. Since 1996 welfare cases have declined by 54%. The reform then expired and current president, President Bush, was trying to continue the success of this welfare reform. President Bush’s proposal was to make welfare more focused on the well being of children and families. He was trying to make it so that families that receive welfare could eventually be self sufficient. The president’s plan also plans to increase work resources for families. The reform also helps pay for childcare, that is funded with the “Childcare Development Fund”. It...
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...hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force"(MLK). He uses this allusion, the technique of satyagraha originally used by Gandhi, to warn us against physical violence and reveal the power of nonviolent resistance. King also uses many metaphors throughout his speech to keep the audience engaged. One of the metaphors mentioned is, “Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God’s children”(MLK). He used the idea of opening doors to indicate the progress being made to a certain goal, and to describe the “work necessary to make progress on civil rights in the United States” (Metaphors in American Politics). The brilliant utilization of anaphora really allowed King to bring his speech to life. Just one of the many examples he used was, “But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land”(MLK). He used these compelling words to stir the emotions of the spectators...
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...police initiated action based on race, ethnicity, or natural origin rather than a | | |person’s behavior | |Racism |The assertion that people of one race are less worthy than or even biologically inferior to others. | |Reverse discrimination |Actions that cause better qualified White men to be passed over for women and minority men | Part II Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race located on your student website: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: X African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 250- to 350-word summary of the economic, social, and political standings of that group. Use additional resources if necessary, from the University Library or your textbooks. History has shown that the African American are the minority group here in the USA from day one they have been...
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...part of the matter. The left also states that there was a ‘mindless devotion to free markets’. Now their opponents on the right side of the fence will argue that interest rates had been too low for too long, and that the housing bubble had to pop eventually. They also insisted that the government’s housing policy was to get as many citizens to purchase a house as possible. They used tax incentives, rebates, and low interest rates to get homebuyers to act. I felt it was important to mention what the left and the right believed caused the Great Recession of 2008-09. Once we look at this disaster from afar and under a microscope, we tend to notice the real causes of the Great Recession. First off, things had been way too good for way too long, and the old saying goes “A good thing never lasts”. It was bound to happen at any given time, whether we were ready for it or not. We, the consumers, were over borrowing more and more. With the low interest rates, buyers were able to purchase...
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