Category: Inequality

Sports participation and scholarships opportunities for all women athletes, including colored women has increased due to Title IX. However, there is still work to be made for women of color to gain equal representation and opportunities in athletics. In the textbook, Women and Sports, Ellen S. Staurowsky introduces emerging sports by defining it as, NCAA…

Within the criminal justice system, there are many controversial issues including the high incarceration rate. Specifically, there is a high incarceration rate of juveniles which seems to be an important problem that is affecting society as whole. The youths individual welfare and development seem to also be a problem that society is facing. Youth incarceration…

This article determines the rates of concurrent use of nicotine and tobacco products among homeless adults who regularly smoke. It also differentiates the characteristics of concurrent users and non-concurrent users in regard to their reliance on cigarettes, awareness of smoking hazards, willingness to stop smoking, and receiving smoking cessation services. The outcome of this study…

In the speech, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen talks about the inequality in income and wealth distribution in the United States. Before the Great Recession, the gap was relatively small. However, the losses that people incurred widened the gap. High rates of consumption widened the gap further and made the lives of low wage individuals…

Table of Contents Introduction Wealth Equality Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The question of equality has always been an ongoing issue for human society (Friedman). Descending from the animal world, we were supposed to inherit their proclivity for the struggle to obtain the dominant position. However, in the course of the evolution, we managed to create…

The high level of poverty witnessed in Brazil has a close relationship with the forced movement of black immigrants into the country to provide labour in farms and mining industries. The promotion of agendas to create a predominantly white population in cities such as Sao Paolo created a culture of discrimination that separated the rich…

Table of Contents Introduction Opportunities for Racial Minorities and European Immigrants Race as a Barrier to Social Mobility Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Diversity remains a unique aspect of many urban areas across the globe. Cities characterized by diversity have higher chances of benefiting from economic expansion and innovation (Xiangming, Orum, and Paulsen 179). However, wealthy…

Table of Contents Gender-bashing violence and violence against women Gender inequality causing a search for gender differences Conclusion Works Cited Gender-bashing violence and violence against women In most traditional societies, women, transsexual and transgendered people tend to be viewed as minorities (Kimmel, Kaler, and Aronson 432). Women are exposed to sexual violence which may be…

Table of Contents The Issue Literature Review Methods Participants Procedure Instrumentation Findings Discussion References The Issue In the recent years since the murder of Michael Brown, most US citizens have turned their attention on the cruel treatment of African American at every phase of the criminal justice system, especially the police. An outrageous percentage has…

Factors Leading to Divide in Wealth One of the factors of social inequality in the US is associated with social stratification. As noted by Karl Marx, the source of social inequality is the very development of civilization, and every person cannot master all the achievements of material and spiritual culture (Andersen & Taylor, 2017). There…