Social Class

I believe that money and power play the biggest roles social classes. The problem is that not everyone has the opportunity for money and power. Our social class “affects just about all aspects of our lives” (p.144). These also determine who will be part of the upper-class social classes because those that want to be doctors and lawyers do so primarily for the status or power and the money. I believe that everyone wants money and power but few actually have the means to accomplish it. When you are part of the upper-class, I believe that you have more opportunities thrown at you. In this regard, the upper-class has many more opportunities to stay where they are or move up but not necessarily to move down.
I do not believe that it’s impossible, per say, for a lower-class to move into the upper-class but it is not easy. You would need to have a very special skill or get it in with the right upper-class people in order to ride their coat tails to the top. On the other hand, for an upper-class to move into a working or lower-class status would be excruciating as they’re not at all used to the amount of work that the lower-class would have to endure nor not having the amenities that they are provided from being upper-class. Not to mention they would lose their prestigious titles and power which would really hurt their pride. I myself have come from a middle-class family and so far I have stayed in the middle-class rung. One day, I do hope to break out into the upper-class and gain a powerful title to my name, but for now I am only middle-class.
Is it safe to assume that not all people are created equal? Having resources can mean the difference between life and death. While I like to believe that all people are offered the same opportunities as others, there are cultural differences that are impossible to ignore. Social class is represented in the clothes we wear, the vacations we go on, the houses we live in, the friends we surround ourselves, the