Social Inequality

In the book Gang Leader for a Day, by Sudhir Venkatesh, Sudhir who is a sociologist becomes close with a Black Kings gang leader and learns the life style of the gang and people in poverty. The book and the series The Wire both involve gangs. The book Social Inequality: Forms, Causes and Consequences is about theories and information about inequality. Much of the information involving social inequality is seen in The Wire and Gang Leader for a Day. Blacks are usually more subject to social inequality than Whites. In both the gang from The Wire and the Black Kings gang have been in the gang through members of family. Women are treated badly and police unequally treats most of the Blacks. In Chapter one of Gang Leader for a Day, Venkatesh is starting a research project and decides to go to low income neighborhoods to interview people. He goes into a building that is Black Kings territory and meets the leader J.T. The same types of neighborhoods are seen in The Wire. The gang in The Wire own buildings for drug distribution. In Chapter 4 of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes and Consequences Hurst claims, “Physical space takes on a social significance”(Hurst
Blacks in low income neighborhoods seem to deal with the same issues no matter where they are from. The communities to politicians all play a role in the consequences of inequality. Individual and outside factors contribute to the inequality. Blacks are at a disadvantage compared to White people. Blacks can be unequally treated by police or not given the same opportunities as White just because they are Black. Women are treated less equal then Black males because they are seen as the stay at home moms who take care of the children. The gangs experience much of the same issues and consequences based on where they live, what they do and the color of their