Social Classes

The Social Classes in USA and Korea Social stratification is entire groups of people who have similar fortunes, occupations or social position. Also it could be similar family background and their own values. There are two types of class stratification which are open stratification and closed stratification. There is social mobility can occur for open stratification. However, class stratification is not possible to do social mobility because it is based on ascribed status. Social mobility is a movement of social position changed by economically and socially.
Many Americans say that there is no class differences in the United State, yet it is not true. The United States’ social class can be divided into largely three parts which are upper-class, middle-class and lower-class. There are huge gaps between those classes. The population of
Furthermore, today’s society has been improved by different occupations and powers. Most of doctors, lawyers and politicians are in the upper-class. Office workers in high position and small business owners are middle-class. Korea developed as an open stratification and people can go to upper class level by putting their efforts. If you study hard, you will have a chance to be a doctor. Although Korea’s class system is based on achieved status, marriage is a little bit different. It is possible to marry with someone who is in the different class system, yet most of people get married with person who is similar social class.
I think Korea and the United States’ social stratifications are very similar. They are both an open stratification which is achieved status. In Korea, one man was born in the farmer family, and he became a remarkable Korean president. He understood both lower-class and upper-classes conflicts and tried to solve them. The key point of both class systems is how people come into possession of money and hoe that affect their