Examples Of Inequality In America

Inequality is Contaminating America Currently in the United States, many may see that there is inequality, but have yet to do something about it. In the article The Toxic Tap by Josh Sanburn, he blatantly discusses Social Stratification that exist in America, more specifically, Flint Michigan. Sanburns’ article expresses the discrimination that Flint’s people faced during the change of the water supply from Lake Huron to Flint River. The Toxic Tap is referring to the Flints local river that has been the cause for many problems. Problems started when consuming the water, that was told by the Mayor, to be safe to use. Individuals said they noticed a difference between the water supplies, one day the water was blue, and the next it was all sorts of colors from brown to green. Flints contaminated water started to
Also, harming to the blood and brain from the exposer to lead in their systems. This being the least of their worries, when people start to realize the real inequalities in the United States of America between minority and relative poverty. Clinton stated, “we’ve had a city in the United States of America where the population, which is poor in many ways and majority African American, has been drinking and bathing in lead-contaminated water… I’ll tell you what—if the kids in a rich suburb of Detroit had been drinking contaminated water and being bathed in it there would’ve been action.” (Sanburn, p.1)
Social Stratification is how we explain inequalities between individuals or groups within a society. Social Stratification can be linked to wealth, race, ethnicity, gender, and global. How does the United States link to social stratification? America, is said to be the land