Socioeconomic Background

Throughout the duration of this class we have discussed numerous social issues that affect basically every human being. There are various things affecting your ladder of success that you may not think of on a daily basis. Socioeconomic status depends on a combination of variables that can consist of : race, gender, education, location and many other factors. When thinking about the ladder to success (or failure) we can obviously see that your socioeconomic can affect you positively or negatively. Taking into consideration the two viewpoints on this topic my argument is your socioeconomic background negatively affects you. Before diving into the topic of how a socioeconomic background can negatively affect you we must define what it is. According to google the definition is as followed “an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and of an individual's or family's economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation.” One may ask why I took the stance of your socioeconomic background negatively affect you over positively affecting you. In response I would say based on the topics covered in this course and
Race is “a group of people sharing the same culture, history, language”. Gender is “the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones” As we all know in America race and gender, depending on who you are, can either help or hinder you. Being an African American female has caused me to see the differences in the way society treats females and people of color. Brookings.com states “the most pernicious racial divide today is in social mobility: in the opportunity gap between a child born white, and a child born black.” This statement has proven to be true time and time again according to history and my personal