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    subcategories of inequality lead to the bigger heading of social inequality. Social inequality is the inability of people to have equal opportunity (Fonza and Owen). Social inequality and urban poverty are such rampant problems today due to systematic racism‚ pay inequality‚ and gentrification. Through discriminatory federal processes such as redlining‚ minorities still struggle to regain lost footing from decades previous. A large portion of this is the government’s part in exacerbating “existing social inequalities

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    Social Inequality and Stratification Question: What are the three main forms of inequality in diverse societies? Social Inequality happens when an individual or a group within a society has unequal rights to social commodities such as power‚ wealth‚ education and opportunity. The book defines Inequality as "the degree to which culturally valued material and social rewards are given disproportionately to individuals‚ families and other kinds of groups". Each culture has a different expression

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    critiques of the welfare state. They all exist to examine and develop their critiques on the individual welfare services ¡V health‚ housing‚ education‚ social security and the personal services. The aim of this paper is to examine the various feminist critiques and thus to decide which perspectives are effective in analyzing the gender inequality in Hong Kong. This paper is divided into three parts. The first part will discuss the different theoretical and strategic positions within feminism ¡V

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    of Racial and Gender Inequality Different theorists have used different things to look at race and gender inequalities. Gilman looked at evolutionary theory; Du Bois looked at cultural oppression. Chafetz’s theory is kind of a response to Gilman’s theory. Chafetz looks at the idea structural‚ there are structures working and this organization also keeps women at a disadvantaged. The individuals are not as important as the structures. Wilson see’s race the same way Chafetz sees gender‚ through structural

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    The media plays a major role in society’s conceptions and binaries regarding gender‚ sexuality‚ and success. The media depicts a “normal” beautiful female as thin‚ tall‚ and white which measures her success. If a woman is visually appealing‚ society considers her beauty as a measure of success; the media shows beautiful women achieving their dreams more than other women who don’t fit into the description of beauty. Although the media has been changing its interpretation of beauty and gender‚ cases

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    A major social problem in America today is its inequality of the distribution of income. "Income inequality refers to the gap between the rich and the poor. The United States has the most unequal income distribution in the industrialized world‚ and it is growing at a faster rate than any other industrialized country" (Eitzen & Leedham‚ pg. 37). The main reason as to why income is distributed so unequally is because of the gap between social classes. Each social class has a certain power‚ and

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    institutionalized in a way that has profound social consequences on the members of different groups. - Race is primarily unitary. - You can only have one race‚ but you are able to claim multiple ethnic affiliations. - You have no control over your race; it’s how you’re perceived by others. E.g Chinese growing up Australian could claim to be ethnically Australian however her race is still Chinese. Social construction - A social construction or social construct is any phenomenon "invented" or "constructed"

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    her male coworker? If you answered yes‚ you are correct. Gender inequality in the insurance agency has been an ongoing issue over many years and still exists today. Gender inequality began over time as a result of women becoming more qualified for well-paying jobs with great benefits. In which these jobs were at one point only given to men. Since the law states‚ that a job employer cannot decline a person a job offer because of ones gender‚ more women are being hired in the

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    Asiwn Suseel Kumar 60347 Writing 101 – 10 AM 10/16/2014                                           How India Treats Its Men and Women Imagine yourself in the shoes of a person who has been oppressed their entire life. Imagine all the laws that were made to protect you have not been effective one bit. Imagine yourself as a minority in the second largest community in the world. Yes‚ I am talking about the women in India. Why do some women live like slaves when the men thrive as the superior race in

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    Human Relations DOI: 10.1177/0018726705061314 Volume 58(11): 1467–1494 Copyright © 2005 The Tavistock Institute ® SAGE Publications London‚Thousand Oaks CA‚ New Delhi www.sagepublications.com Problems‚ problems‚ problems:The social construction of ‘leadership’ Keith Grint The invasion of Iraq was premised upon accounts of the situation that have proved unsustainable‚ but that has not generated a change in the strategy of the coalition forces. Conventional contingency accounts of leadership suggest

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