Social Inequality and it’s Representation in Elysium Introduction Movies are an important vehicle for the transmission of cultural norms and understandings as they allow producers to present their views on present day problems and increase our understanding of particular historical events or the lives of people in other places (Dowd 2010 in Sutherland & Feltey 2013). This is reflected through the film Elysium (2013) in which director Neill Blomkamp constructs and challenges the concept of social
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Karl Marx’s theory to explain social inequality is based on the unequal division of resources between two groups: bourgeoisie and the proletariat‚ or the wealthy/business owners and the laborers. According to Marx‚ the bourgeoisie have the monetary power to gain economical resources‚ as they own the businesses where the proletariat must work to gain money to survive. The bourgeoisie maintains this position by paying the proletariat just enough to provide for his or her basic needs of survival.
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A Response on Social Inequality We live in a culturally diverse world. Age‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnic heritage and race are some of the diverse areas in society that are deemed significant. In spite of all these differences we tend to center ourselves around people who are similar to us; those who share the same biological and physical characteristics‚ same status and similar lifestyles. Because of this it is our human nature to be ethnocentric towards those who are different from us
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Health care has been affected by the social change and modernity drastically. Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution‚ which provided agrarian civilizations the opportunity to move into urban cities to work for wages prompted the transformation of how healthcare is perceived. Working conditions and living standards in urban cities contributed to variations of health problems that caused a disaster to human life. Such conditions brought forth individuals to established policies and discoveries
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A Free College Education For All Guest Post By: Daniel Jelski A free college education for all? That’s been the dream of many an idealist. President Obama certainly shares this goal— a year ago he said “The single most important thing we can do is to make sure we’ve got a world-class education system for everybody. That is a prerequisite for prosperity.” State university systems‚ particularly in New York and California‚ are tasked to provide all students— even those of limited means—access to higher
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Inequality of Social Classes in United States Democracy While United States is one of the most powerful and successful countries in the world‚ it has many flaws in need of attention. One of the most prominent issues is the unequal representation of citizens in the government. Many factors contribute to this‚ but one significant cause of inequality is the representation of social classes. Even in the 1800s‚ Alexis De Tocqueville determined that the social class that held the most power would pass
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Social stratification is society’s categorization based on various factors which exists all around the globe. Society has evolved immensely and created many opportunities for people to prosper and strive for their goals. However‚ many face countless number of difficulties and obstacles in order to accomplish their goals and even attain simple needs in their lives due to the presence of disparities. Social inequalities are present in all continents around the world and are often overlooked. In general
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Social Inequality in Britain Today “In the last 30 years the unequal distribution of income in Britain has increased at an alarming rate” To what extent do you agree with this statement? I agree with the statement in a way. Although I don’t think that the unequal distribution of wealth has increased too dramatically‚ I think the fact that it has increased at all is alarming‚ because by looking at these figures (the top tenth of the population have a higher share of the wealth than before (from27%-31%)
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How Messed up Education Can Be Just couple weeks ago‚ I took my little sister to school; it was her first day as a 7th grader. As I walking in the hall‚ memories of the time I spent here‚ started to come back to me. Nothing had change‚ these walls‚ painting and the decoration. It felt like I never left‚ all the teachers greeted me‚ and asking about my college life. So just like any other year‚ students have to attend the opening ceremony; my little sister sat down in the last rows
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otherwise. Frank McCourt faced hardships involving social injustice throughout his life as shown in the article‚ “The education of Frank McCourt” by Barbara Sande Dimmit. Irish immigrants have also faced inequity and social injustice throughout history‚ which is proved in the exhibit‚ “Home for the heart” from the Irish-American Heritage Museum‚ and in the poem “No Irish Need Apply” by John F. Poole. These texts and my past experiences show that social justice and equity affects everyone. In the
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