Social Class Poverty

A topic I find to be interesting in these few chapters is poverty. Before understanding poverty one must understand social class. Social class is determined by power, property, and prestige. These can easily be detected throughout my day to day life. Power is the ability to carry out one's will, despite resistance of others. Power can be seen in the presidential election, both candidates have a distinct point of view and refuse to change it. Property is anything that someone's owns that shows social class. At my old school I did not see this that so much, since we wore uniforms, but going to college property can be seen with what people wear. For example, if a person wear Pink, Uggs, North Face, not of all cases, but that person has a higher placement on the social status. Lastly, social class is determined by prestige which is respect and regard. This can be viewed in my life with my professors. My professors gained status by employment and because of that I look up to them. These three aspects determine if a person is high or low on the social class system, but can also tell if a
There are many reasons why people find themselves in poverty. One of these reasons is a poverty trigger. Poverty triggers are a quick change in people's life that affect their income. They can be things like job loss, divorce, or illness. Features of society can also keep someone in poverty, since they are barriers that affect a person's ability to move out of poverty, like war, age, and gender. Another element that can make someone poor is individual characteristic. These characteristic go along the lines of mental illness and lack of intelligence. Finally, poverty can happen because of culture poverty. This is a trap of assuming values and behaviour of the poor, causes them to live in poverty. Who and why people become poor interested me greatly. I would have never guess that