Stress stems from the world trying to reach the “American Dream”. For the poor, it is rather like a nightmare, according to the Strain theory. “Poor people are not taught to be satisfied with their life but rather are instructed to pursue the American dream; through hard work, it is said, even the lowliest among us can rise from rags to riches”. These ambitions have consequences for the poor because “the social structure limits access to the goal of success through legitimate means (e.g., college education, corporate employment, family connections)” (53). Therefore, crime is a way of life for many Americans because it helps them reach the American dream.
The class conflict in Mexico has been long been manifested into sports. In colonial period, arrangement in bullfight rings depict the class division, where the elite (the wealthy, landowners, managers, politicians, and churchmen) sit in the shadow and working class people (the campesinos, the peones), which Carlos Fuente has regarded as son of the bitches and poor bastards, are thrown under sunlight. The elite first abandoned traditional culture to the rest of the people, then it strongly attacked the se traditions as backward and obsolete customs that did not represent a culture at all, only obstacles blocking the progress development of the Mexican nation. Under Diaz’s dictatorship, Mexico was Europeanized on the
In Bellamy’s opinion, the agricultural economy and the private capital was inefficient and only benefitted the wealthy, while the working class continued to suffer. The lower class people of the nation had to work unreasonable conditions to escape, what seemed to be, the inevitable fate of poverty. Many workers protested their jobs in hopes of change, which ultimately lead to furthering their poverty because the upper class had no sympathy for the poor, even when they tried to stand up for themselves. Bellamy clearly shows his thoughts of hopelessness in his community that he lived in by the following passage: “…it was merely a question of thickness of their skulls when they would discover the fact and make up their minds to endure what they cannot cure” (12). Bellamy saw the select few who were wealthy as abusers of their power and money.
The greed of the Americans, combined with becoming a part of the United States made the Californios mistrust Americans and look upon their arrival with fear or anger. They were bound now by American laws that they did not understand, and instead of being helped to understand they were heavily taken advantage of. In Guadalupe Vallejo's account, he makes it clear that in the beginning the Americans were treated with equality and some groups even jumped at the opportunity to help them. "They had grants from the governor, just the same as the Spanish people". In Prudencia Higuera's account 'Trading with the Americans', it is clear that her family had been conditioned to not trust the Americans and to fear them greatly.
It represented defiance against the older generation and American culture through its extravagance. Another factor in the provocation of the riots in Los Angeles was that many Latino males were not in the military, which only raised questions about their patriotism. It may have been mainly the attitude toward the war that truly drove the violent actions of military personnel; with rationing affecting every American family and wool being one of the many products cut down, the zoot suit was a pricey and obvious affront to the rationing regulations. The combination of these sparked the series of riots between the zoot suiters and the predominantly white members of the U.S. military.
Explain why there was protest against the political system in the period 1815-1822. Many people felt that the Government existed soely to appease the wealthily ruling class and nobody else. They therefore felt that it was time for a change; the administration should work to improve the lives of the vunerable in society rather than protect the interests of a small few. This was spurred on by the conditions that the working class had to endure while working in the new industries created by the industrial revolution. So, faced with the policies of Lord Liverpool’s Government, many people felt they were being treated unjustly.
Tiger’s actions off of the golf course were scandalous and hurt every company that sponsored him. These companies are large corporations who employed thousands of people and have an obligation to their employees and investors to profit and grow. Dismissing Tiger Woods as an endorser served the greater good of the companies by protecting the image of the companies. Although some people in our society may want to emulate the new image of Tiger Woods, the vast majorities of people in the world looks down on, and are offended, by his conduct off of the golf course. By dismissing Tiger, the corporations took a moral stand that told the public that they would not accept and condone this type of behavior.
Dear Editor: Americans are living through difficult times. Americans are stressed over education, lack of job, and poverty. Should people from South of the border be blamed and criminalized in the court of public opinion for trying to have a better life? Illegal immigrants should be able to cross the border because they are an asset to America. They help keep the economy moving, by filling low-wage jobs, it also provides a better lifestyle for them, and millions of illegal’s rent properties in depressed areas, where renters are hard to find.
The protesters are merely discontent or refusals to accept the status quo of social and economic inequality, joblessness, and homelessness issues to name a few. The protesters feel the job is of the occupiers to form a strong path as much as to be a human barrier to the indifference that allows corporations to gain over the country, the world and people’s lives. Occupy Wall Street speaks protest for utilitarian action plan for a system to work. Wealth is the god, political offices can be bought, and Government is hounding the people, there is nothing gained but a stay of execution for the middle class. There has been a class system struggle, but revolutionary form of class has penetrated from the wealthy for decades OWS has refused to let it die, and accept the oppression, shrinking incomes, loss of jobs from a dying job market, the lack of access of homes sales due to the corporate bottom line.
Why Should We Cater to You? Journalist and psychiatrist David Abrahansen said, “the American dream is, in part, responsible for a great deal of crime and violence because people feel the country owes them not only a living but a good living”. This is a good summary of how illegal immigration has taken a toll, in various categories, on the United States. Becoming an American citizen and working for this country is a hope that some people can only dream about. Although, there are tons of immigrants that come to the United States and take those job opportunities away from true, native-born citizens.