Social Inequality And Educational Opportunity And Health

The people of the United States have frequently lived in their everyday life preferably thinking that there is no class stratification within America. They have thought that they no longer have those social classes that existed like a century ago (Ervin 7). Acknowledging the various social strata most often people prefer to ignore the disparity that is associated with them. Historically, social disparities relate to educational opportunity and health. However, a lot of improvements have been made in the social institutions and structures benefiting the entire society in the past hundred years. From these same historical events, many people of the United State had found themselves disadvantaged as a result of social stratification. This†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"We may have an 8.3% unemployment rate, but I know of plenty of McDonald’s and Walmart stores that are always hiring. The bottom line is, we’re all wealthy in America compared to most of the world.â₠¬ (Freeman 153). I find no truth in that. Destitution in the in the States is real and preserves at an unarguably huge measure that is variant throughout America, and higher measure is among older adults, women, individuals under the age of eighteen and people of color. Close to 13.3%, Americans operate below the poverty line despite the fact that the US is the wealthiest country around the globe according to the 2012-2014 American Survey. This statistic incorporates 25.8% of Native Americans, 14.6% of women 18.3% of children under eighteen and 25.3% of African-Americans, according to the U.S. Census Bureau 2015. Poverty has an impact on all groups in the society be young or the aged. It has a severe effect on the economic status of an individual relative to the other factors. It is generally the well- known contributor of low educational status, poor health and public disparity among groups. According to the US Census 2007, nearly twenty-five percent of persons with high school educational level operate below the poverty line. Graduates with a percentage of about 3.6 also operate below the international poverty level. Poverty leads to poor health, malnourishment, low education, and it becomes difficult to measure to which direction is the measure with educational