Red Inequality In America

Everyone in America has the opportunity to succeed financially, however, this opportunity is not equal for everyone. One's social class, income, and education all factor into their opportunity to succeed. If you are on the lower end of the spectrum it may not just require a strong work ethic to succeed you may also need some sort of luck or talent in order to do so. Social class can help people get a head start to reaching financial success but it can also hold people back. It may affect the quality of education one receives which in turn may result in higher/lower income. Everyone has different obstacles to face in life but these obstacles are not impossible to overcome. Financial success would mean you are able to keep yourself and those dependent on you alive and secure, you can pay the bills, and have some degree of upward mobility. All Americans have …show more content…
Poverty the lower section of social class means you don’t make a sufficient amount of money, meaning you aren’t able to buy the necessities to be successful. If you are able to you are more likely to succeed. According to Source F, there are two types of inequality in social class that we have in America. But the one type we are most concerned with is called Red Inequality. Red Inequality is between those who have college degrees and those who do not. This affects the middle class, the average people in our society who make up the majority of our society as well. Statistics show that college graduates around the 1980s made about 40% more than those who did not go to college. Today that number has jumped up to 75% more. It also suggests that college grads have more benefits such as, being more likely to get married, less likely to get divorced, less likely to have a child out of wedlock, less likely to smoke, less likely to be obese, be more active in their communities, have more friendships, etc.. Which would also make them more likely to