American Dream United States of America is known as the land of opportunity for many immigrants who dream of a better life. Since the beginning of American history, the US has focused more about equal opportunity than any other country. There are many people who strongly believe that once they come to the United States it is almost guaranteed to find success. Also, they believe that we live in a very different world than them, living the American dream. However, it’s beginning to seem like this country is no longer the land of opportunity for those who are immigrants and the low class people.This is because of the difficulty to get a job, false assumptions, and heavily enforced social classes.
In particular, they want to be respected, powerful, viewed as successful and live and surround themselves in an elite social class. Therefore, the more material possessions they acquire, the more prestigious they feel or as some say: “I have made it”. Such as in the 17 century, a person’s obesity was a sign of their prosperity. However, as we know today, those views hold some opposition. According to an article in Slate On, the poor and low income people in our society are more overweight than the wealthy.
This is because they had access to radios and fridges really cheaply. This cause American production to rise up to about 50% this period saw lots of production of manufactured goods. All this caused many Americans to expect a high standard of living. Employment was high so this ment people had confidence and having work combined so people had money to spend on new consumer goods, which included cars and radios enabled many people to go to places more often. New forms of entertainment such as cinema caused many Americans who had money to go and see films or go and watch a baseball match ment they had confidence to travel in there cars to watch it.
Dr. Min Li Sociology 1500 October 29, 2013 Assignment #6 Social class is an interesting topic to discuss. Without considering the influence of government, politicians, and the economy it seems to me that class is all about how much money a person possesses. The PBS video "People Like Us" shows its viewers some interesting stories, topics, and relationships between the different social classes in America. After watching this documentary I can conclude that if you have financial resources you can have access to a superior education, fancy clothes, and great manners. As stated in the PBS program, America has a long history with race relations, but has separated itself from social class conflicts.
Purchasing manual cars would be the smart choice to get. Too add to this, Manual cars would usually save you five to fifteen percent more gas. Also, when any sort of accident happens or a repair is needed, automatic cars are much more expensive. The cause of this is the fact that more parts are needed for these cars to actually work as automatic cars. Manual cars can really save you money if you are concerned about price.
Immigration Allowance The foundation of America was built by immigrants. Without immigrants we wouldn’t have the cultures and traditions we utilize today to establish our American identity. Immigrants, legal or illegal, have contributed positively to the economy by taking low end jobs, establishing their own businesses and engendering jobs for others, and they’ve helped develop cutting-edge technologies. Immigrants outdo low-skilled Americans for jobs, because according to Economic Edge immigrants are more motivated and productive. According to the Foreign Policy Initiative, “an estimated 4.7 million U.S. workers are employed by immigrant owned firms accumulating some $776 billion in revenue.
It’s a diagnostic test of how much you know and how well you take tests. It has been seen that there are differences in score due to race, economic status, and gender. The verbal section of the SAT I also discriminates against non-English speaking test takers as they find the analogy section extremely difficult (SAT I Not Best Indicator of Success). It would also have an affect with other sections of the test because they may not understand the directions or interpret something differently from the English speaking test takers. The percentage of blacks eligible for admissions for UCLA has doubled in recent year, yet fewer than one hundred blacks are expected to enroll this fall.
Over 3 million Puerto Rican Americans live in the United States mostly in the New York area and the rest live in Puerto Rico itself. (Hispanic American Diversity, 2008). Puerto Rico is a common wealth of the United States so their consider American citizens by birth. This makes them eligible for government benefits not available to other members of the Hispanic Americans. Many think that the welfare system has kept Puerto Ricans in a cycle of poverty however; others think that it is discrimination in education and schooling is their biggest problem.
The fair-trade shirts were $28.65 each, which is high. The site registers members for $30. If the site’s revenues are only based on membership fee and the number of members is low, it may not have any profit with the cost of $28.65 for each shirt. It is because the company also has fixed costs, such as salaries for employees and rents for the workplace. If the number of new members is very high, then these costs may be covered since average fixed cost declines with the increase of members.
Almost every culture or race has a stereotype. America is a relatively young country, but nevertheless it managed to become a very powerful and respectful in the world. By the way people have made stereotypes about Americans and their way of life long ago. Americans themselves do not trust to the rest of the world and think that they are hated and neglected in every remote and not remote corner of it. Actually they feel comfortably and safe only within their own country.