Thursday‚ March 26‚ 2009 Class in America- Gregory Mantsios "Myth 1: The United States is fundamentally a classless society. Class distinctions are largely irrelevant today‚ and whatever differences do exist in economic standing‚ they are - for the most part- insignificant... Myth 2: We are‚ essentially‚ a middle-class nation... Myth 3: We are all getting richer. The American public as a whole is steadily moving up the economic ladder‚ and each generation propels itself to greater economic well-being
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In Horatio Alger’s Ragged Dick‚ Alger writes about a rag-to-riches story and points out valid and key messages that tell of things like hard work and determination can take anyone from the bottom to the top‚ despite one’s economic class. I do realize that in real life that although these messages hold key to making it in the world‚ everyone does not have the equal opportunity to succeed or move up in class rankings like Alger says. Dick‚ the main character in Ragged Dick‚ is a man
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distinction between the classes in America. The pursuit of happiness is limited to those who adapt and conform‚ as well as requiring a set of skills in order to remain competitive in the job market. In “Class in America: Myths and Realities‚” Gregory Mantsios describes the myths and their corresponding realities in America. A myth that was given claims that any American‚ given the right opportunities‚ can become a successful millionaire through enough hard work‚ sacrifice‚ and perseverance (283).
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also a barrier. There are many different things causing there to be barriers causing it hard for people to change the barrier of economic class. Keeping a good social standard is sometimes difficult to sustain‚ making it hard to change. Author Gregory Mantsios “Class in America” in 2003‚ has many different ideas on the way economic class is. Social standings and consequently life chances are largely determined at birth. Individuals who have gone from rags to riches abound in the mass media‚ statistics
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Mantsios Class in America In Mantsios article “Class in America” he states that Americans hold beliefs that blind them to social classes‚ citizens in America have four myths they use to ensure talk about the classes never take place. America has the largest gap between rich and poor in the world‚ and the lower class has no means to an end they can’t afford health care or quality education. The upper class avoids talk about social class the most; wealthy people don’t want to admit that they are better
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“The richest Americans hold nearly 90 percent of the total household wealth in the country” (Mantsios 380). That leaves a mere ten percent to be distributed among the rest of the population‚ this is a wide margin considering less than half the population holds the nation’s wealth. A wealth more evenly split would see a greater impact on those who
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Invisible”‚ by Gregory Mantsios‚ and lastly “The Great Gatsby” by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ use their personal experience and interest to write a personal narrative‚ qualitative
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on your parent’s jobs‚ and economic standings. Depending on your social standing you can get a good or a poor education. Many people think that we all have the same opportunity as upper class does. Authors Jean Anyon‚ Mitchell Landsberg‚ and Gregory Mantsios have wrote in their
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Social Class vs Education Success Is the correlation between social class and educational success truly acknowledged in America? When Mantsios‚ in “Class in America‚” asks‚ the question‚ “Which of these gifts might a high school graduate in your family receive‚ a corsage‚ a savings bond or a BMW” (304)‚ he makes the point that definite socio-economic separations exist in our society. This separation has a direct effect on our educational success. He proves this by presenting myths
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comes down to family income‚ which determines what social class you are in; you can see how it affects lives. Mantsios is convincing in that‚ he has hard facts‚ (meaning that his examples are real true‚ and taken from a scholarly source)‚ true lifestyles and data to show the reader. He uses secondary sources which are legitimate and the reader can choose to research it for themselves. Mantsios back himself up by using more than one source to prove his theory about test scores and what class you are
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