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    Racial Institutionalization

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    post-colonialism‚ but the concept of race and phenotypical differences remained embedded in society and in the minds of people throughout different countries. The racial classification and racial hierarchization of the world was a deeply established sociohistorical fact (Winant 135). The post-world war II break brought to light the long gestation of racial tensions that had accumulated in the modern world over centuries‚ and made it clear that a social and political change must occur. The process of slow institutional

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    Origin of Inequality

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    The Origin of Inequality Inequality amongst human beings in society is recognized as one of the greatest injustices we face in the world‚ and every person either benefits from this inequality or is harmed from it. In his Discourse on the Origin of Inequality‚ Jean- Jacques Rousseau discusses the origin of social inequality in humans. Rousseau uses his own theories on the natural and social state of man to express the reason for inequality in mankind. Even though Rousseau’s argument on the reason

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    savage inequalities

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    Savage Inequalities By Jonathan Kozol In 1964‚ the author‚ Jonathan Kozol‚ is a young man who works as a teacher. Like many others at the time‚ the grade school where he teaches is of inferior quality‚ segregated‚ understaffed‚ and in poor physical condition. Kozol loses his first job as a teacher because he introduces children to some African American poetry that subtly questions the conditions of blacks in America. Years later‚ after

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    Inequality In Brazil

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    the wealthy flourish. Roosevelt is saying that a measure of a country is what they do to make up for this inequality‚ which in Brazil has not been much. Due to Brazil historically being run by elites‚ the current day economic pattern and its effect on the country shows that the elites hold the majority of the wealth within the country while the poor hold the minority of the wealth. This inequality leads to the unequal distribution of education‚ power‚ and health care.

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    racial Discrimination

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    Abisai Garcia Mrs. King English 12 May 28th‚ 2014 Racial Discrimination For as long as history can remember‚ there has been racial discrimination between one or more kinds of people. But how far back does this history go? Racism exists when one ethnic group or historical collectivity dominates‚ excludes‚ or seeks to eliminate another on the basis of differences that it believes are hereditary and cannot be changed. The reasoning behind this thought came to a unique conclusion in the West during

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    Racial Segregation

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    Running head: Racial Segregation Racial Residential Segregation Author Author Affiliation Segregation is defined as the division of people of different races of daily activities‚ such as education and housing. While no longer considered acceptable‚ racial segregation still exists. Racial residential segregation is specifically the division of whites and minorities in communities. It is obliviously present in many American minorities’ lives today. This separation within certain residential

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    Social inequality is prominent within our American society today. It affects and usually deteriorates the potential success of different classes of people living in America. With major issues like this present within in our society‚ there are many people who think that they have solutions. These groups of people can be classified into certain categories that Americans would label as Conservatives‚ Liberalists and Radicals. Each group has specific ideals and beliefs that they hold on to. They apply

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    “Wealth inequality can be described as the unequal distribution of assets within a population. The United States exhibits wider disparities of wealth between rich and poor than any other major developed nation‚” (www.inequality.org) There are two factors that I believe contribute to the wealth gap are income and race inequalities. As the gaps widen within those two factors‚ the wealth gap in the United States continues to grow exponentially. Is there a difference between being rich and being wealthy

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    Social Income Inequality

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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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    Inequality appears all over in today’s society and a majority of people see it as a major problem that is inevitable. Inequality comes in many different forms from racial inequality‚ gender inequality‚ but this paper will focus on economic inequality. Economic inequality becomes a problem for our society both socially and economically. Based on the film I found it to create a social problem with the middle class’ declining income‚ and I found that it creates an economic problem when wages don’t

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