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Other prettythin members here? When it went down i hadn't still be a super active user. However, i have come back and i'm looking for some stories. Suggestions?

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The new patterns I have noticed have been that many a time it is people from lower class families that have a harder time making a mark on the world as a wealthy citizen. This comes off as a very odd occurrence. Especially if many wealthier people go to a public school, those men and women who are in a lower class are getting the same education. Shouldn’t they be doing just a well as those who are more fortunate? I find it a little strange that wealth is correlated so by your willingness to learn. It was not hard to find things to write about once I looked around. But putting the two together I found was a challenge. They are so closely related that keeping them separated but also keeping them in a common wavelength was very hard. The project was not an intensely hard project but time and preparations were definitely needed to allow it to run smoothly. I wish I would have prepared much more before I wrote my little papers. It was a little confusing for me to understand exactly what you wanted until discussed in class. The project was very beneficial and helped me learn a lot about race and class in my life and along with the others I am around everyday. I honestly think that every time I hear a comment that is not exactly politically correct I am going to notice it. It makes me more aware of the race that is in our society. Along with the fact that many of the people we go to school with are very wealthy. I wonder if that has any correlations to going to this school or not. I know some people I see don’t have the means others do, but most come from good families who can provide for their children and put food on the table easily.

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Do the same social classes that existed years ago still exist today? Many children who are not well off, are they doctors, lawyers, or C.E.O.’s? Men and women who grow up with money tend to do better in school. “Between the early 80s and late 90s, the proportion of poorer children who graduate from university had risen by only 3&, compared to the 26% from wealthier families”. The statistics show that those who grow up in wealthier homes tend to have better outcomes in the academic world later in life, rather then those who grow up in a lower class Not all people who come from a lower class home are unable to do the same things but tend to not succeed as often. It is still largely about ho your parents are! This makes things very hard for those who have problems in the financial department now. People want the best for their kids. Just like when Barbra tries to detect how much money is really needed for someone to live that is not a factor here. You could have everything you need to live and still have much less of a chance to break out for our financial circles. While this becomes has become less dominant in the past it is still happening. The goals of those who have tracked these patterns have said that they need to remove the obstacles that stand in the way of young people today.

“Education has, quite properly, been seen as the great leveller but children from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds all too often end up in the worst schools and achieve the worst results." Why is this? Maybe because parents are always working they don’t have as much of a chance to make sure the child is doing their homework when they get back from school, or maybe it is simply because they do not think they have a chance. In either case it is important to find a way to fix and repair the important balance between school and the lower classes.

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When we look at someone else, what do we see? We see that they have blonde hair, blue eyes, ten fingers, and ten toes. Beyond that we see race? We see the color of their skin as something to like or dislike? We see someone’s eye color as to dark, or to light? Where do these characteristics come from? They make each of us who we are and enable us to be different. However there is a time when this can become a very bad thing. In the article it is talked about how Black and Hispanic men and women are at a disadvantage even in the law. They are pulled over more then white men and women. The reason this does not make any sense is based upon the fact that there are more Caucasian men and women then Hispanics and African Americans put together. Blacks get pulled over 9.5% for the entire population and Hispanics 8.8%. White men and women get pulled over about 3.6%. If there are twice as many white people in the world then these two minorities, why are they getting pulled over more? Racial profiling happens all the time, but even with the statistics out there this is still a problem. Police officers are suppose to be some of the few people that are always fair, so why is it such a difference?   

Everyone hopes that his or her children will have the best chance in life. Whether you are white, black, blue, or purple, everyone wants his or her child to have the best education, the best chance possible. To think that because of the color of someone’s skin this might not be possible is incredibly real and insane. In the article, ‘The Hidden Cost of Being African American’ both families want best for their child. Their hopes for their kids are equally as high, yet it is said that despite this there is a good chance that the African American family will have the short end of the stick. While both parents have the same incomes, professional status, and educations, the African American family will not be able to move out of the neighborhood that they live in. The Caucasian family starting out in a nicer neighborhood, allowing their children to have better education and opportunities will be able to stay in a neighborhood. Their differing family asset capacity will likely allow these two children to grow up in two very different worlds. While this may all be subconscious in someone’s mind it is very real and does exist. The same racial problems that put the African American family in a poor neighborhood are the same racial problems they face when behind the wheel. They are still being profiled and judged based on the color of their skin. Since they started out in a poor neighbor hood they must stay, since the police officer has seen other black and Hispanic men and women do something bad all must be bad. 

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Children from working class backgrounds are being left behind by the British education system because they are not properly prepared to win places at university, according to one of the most wide-ranging reports ever conducted into the schools system.

Working class children 'let down' by education system - Telegraph

Class systems can be a hard this to figure out, but we mention them all the time. When elections come up one of the first things that are mentioned is the middle class. However, who knows exactly what class is. We know which we are categorized as, but how much do we know about it. Is it based off money, or influence? Is there a difference? Social class has become something that many people talk and think about. In the article “working class children ‘let down’ by education system” many things are said about the education systems in America. One who may come from a lower class may not have the means, or understand the importance of education. While this is not always the case very often people who grow up in a working class household tend to have a harder time paying for school and also being able to keep up with those who have the ability to hire private tutors. In the article it says that those who are left behind are ill served later. That going to university is the only way to become successful.   Many of these universities are only allowing men and women in with straight A’s. So if you have the money to allow you to hire a tutor and get you into one of the best colleges in the world that’s very convenient for the child. So class is deciding the fates of young individuals around the world total.

The headlining quote was, “Children from working class backgrounds are being left behind by the British education system because they are not properly prepared to win places at university”. So should the school then provide tutors freely? Taxes become higher and then only wealthy individuals can come to the school that they once all could go to. Class decides the fates of the individuals. In the article ‘Nickel and Dimed” Barbra tries very hard to make it by with the money that is considered what is needed to live with. And although she makes it for a little while in the end she doesn’t have enough money for eve the most basic things. Having a tutor isn’t a basic need, but its something that could benefit someone’s life so much. It could potentially take them out of the class they are in now. That could change their kids future and so on. Class systems change the way we look at people, and the opportunities we come across in everyday life. These systems of money that impact our everyday lives could change them. Social class and economic class change the way we look at the world around us.  

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Food & Liquor 2 - Ayesha Says (Intro) (Lyrics On Screen) (Food & Liquor 2) (by trumanbeatz)

Race is a big concern in our world today. While many may believe that the world is a fair place, some still believe that it is not. While the racism continues unnoticed, people suffer when they shouldn’t. The video above touches on many parts of class and racism. The woman who begins the songs says an uncommon phrase, “ food deserts”. Food deserts are places that don’t have a lot of food options for the people who live in that area. For example in a food desert one may not have the ability to obtain nutritious food. When someone doesn’t get the nutrients that are needed your health will decline. When our health declines you are more likely to have medical issues and in extension, medical bills, this only furthers poverty in this part of the city and making it more of a food desert.  What does this have to do with class or race?  It has to do with who lives in these food deserts. Food deserts have poverty increasing all the time. When immigration was huge and people were trying to become citizens, those who couldn’t were forced to live in ghettos. These places unfortunately were uncleanly and had lots of problems with them. The people who were laborers and other things of that nature were forced to live in food deserts and the same is true today. Those minorities who once lived in these ghettos and bad housing still live there today. In the movie we watched in class it was said that people lived in bad conditions and worked terrible jobs for little payment. Those minorities still work in the same class that they used to. While this is not always true it has a big factor in todays society just as it did then. These food deserts have changed how we look at neighborhoods. People cannot get out of the neighborhood because no one wants to live in a home in a food desert and the cycle continues. This contributes to both the class of the minorities involved but also those uninvolved. 

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kanye west crack music lyrics (by crazyt19921909)

In this video, crack is referred to as an African American man’s drug. Crack is a little cheaper then cocaine, which is considered to be a white man’s drug. In the video he relates crack to the stereotypical things considered to belong with black culture. The point he is trying to make is a big one; one that has been fought about and still is today. They use crack as a sense to control the black population. If you are hooked on drugs your chances of social mobility are slim. You have fewer opportunities and therefor less chance to contribute to the society you live in.  In order to keep the African American population at a less then opportune position they let the crack rate rise until there was no choice but to intervene. This video takes hold of this idea and continues with the lyrics, “How we stop the black panthers?

Ronald Reagan cooked up an answer.” He starts with the fact that our president knew what he was doing. While this may be controversial, the racial questions this brings up are not. It makes many question not only our government but also those who elected the officials that may have done this. He also brings up panthers, referring to African Americans as beasts, or wild animals. He implies that the government thought of black men and women as such. In the article ‘What is Racial Domination?’ it is clearly stated that, “You are not born with a race in the same way you are born with fingers, eyes, and hair,” (page 338). So if this were true why would African Americans be looked at as anything different? While race may be something that you inherit, it is from your ancestry. There are no sub-species in the world. This was specifically talked about in the video we watched in class. While this video focuses on just African Americans, it is not just them who are affected by racial segregation by the government. When we watched the movie in class it was proven that many people were based solely off whether or not they were white.