Journal 1- Chapter 16-20
1) 1%- Upon reading chapter 16 I was profoundly shocked to see mention of the 1%. In the news over the last few years this has become a rather recognizable term however I did not realize this went all the way back to the beginnings of our country. I also find it shocking that after all this time we still have found no real resolution for the distribution of wealth in America. While I understand hard work for hard cash I do not understand how even back then these companies could profit so heavily off their employees with no care for their wellbeing or living situation. A company should never be allowed to pay someone less than the current living expense of the area. Also, I cannot help but feel like I am not reading history but instead an article from current times. Millionaires sit on snob hill while their employees struggle to keep on the lights.
2) Social Darwinism- The idea that some groups were naturally meant to be superior over others was the idea of Social Darwinism.
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I have never really thought overly much about this but America was changing so much so that new terms had to be developed to descried these changes. One that was of interest to me was “American standard of living”. This conversation is had in my household numerous times a day with my small children. They have been raised in a society of consumerism with no really concept of who the rest of the world is. At my age, I understand there are numerous places in this world where they would not know what a department store was or even care about a mall. It is impressive and sad that America truly does have its very own standard of living in comparison to the rest of the world. I had often wondered when we as a nation became so consumed with consumerism so it was very interesting to see that develop in the pages of my history
The documentary emphasizes a great concern for preserving family wealth and status that appeared to be shared among many of the wealthiest American families (Johnson, 2006). For example, a segment of the film took place at a conference strictly allowed the wealthiest Americans alone. Jamie discussed how this conference was held annually with intentions of teaching incredibly wealthy Americans ways in which they can preserve the wealth of their family for successive generations. The film closely relates to many common aspects of sociology overall. However, “The One Percent” really stressed ideas similar to those presented by many Marxist conflict
Social Darwinism was a social theory. The same theories that were from Charles Darwin had been applied to human society. The theories on natural selection and evolution. It known that those who were stronger and superior could enjoy a wealthy and lavish lifestyle. The fittest of survival. Europeans believed that non-Europeans were lower, physically and culturally. This was believed because the Europeans, at the time, were the only people to make scientific and technological breakthroughs.
The first piece of writing was called “Two Questions” by Lynda Barry. The visual story is about a girl who finds it hard to make quality stories like she uses to. She gets very stressed out and overwhelmed. She feels that people negatively judge when she makes a “bad” writing piece. So, she stops. Then, one day she feels that she wants to start writing and drawing again. She then realizes that its okay to become stressed out by writing and that it's apart of the process. With that in mind she embraces it and gets her writing mojo back. I think that the visual story tries to convey the theme of never giving up on writing. This story speaks clearly to confused English students.
Social Darwinism is a theory that individuals, peoples, and groups are subject to darwinian laws of natural selection. Another way to describe social darwinism is survival of the fittest. The strongest and the smartest will survive. It is now largely discredited, it was advocated in the late 19th and early 20th century by Herbert Spencer and others. It was used to justify political conservation, imperialism, to discourage intervention and reform and racism. This theory was used to support the laissez faire capitalism and political conservatism.
There is no doubt that wealth inequality in America has been escalating quickly; the portion of total income earned by the top one percent has doubled since the beginning of the 1970’s. The wealthy are the main beneficiaries
A good friend of mine recently recommended me to watch a documentary called “The One Percent.” I do not usually watch documentaries unless I am gaining some type of knowledge out of the information presented. Unsure of what it was about and what I was going to get out of it, I turned on NetFlix and proceeded to watch the film. I soon came to realize I was enamored by this film, “The One Percent,” and it remains one of my favorite documentaries of all time. The documentary deals with the disparity between the wealthy elite and the
The gap between the rich and poor in the United States is constantly growing, due to the fact that minimum wage is low for the poor but not for the rich. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. There is no gray area in this situation. According to A Project of The Institute for Policy Studies, “The top 0.1 percent is taking in over 184 times the income of the bottom 90 percent.” There
As I read your case, I thought it would be best to use sections 34, 35, 36, and 37 of the Canadian criminal code to apply to your case, legal position, and aquittal. These sections will help you defend yourself in court and possibly lower your sentence if needed. I have gone over each section to determine how they apply to you.
The pathway to equality for African Americans was a lengthy and laborious process that required dedication and hard work. March Book One and Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell describes John Lewis’ introduction to the inequality and his work during the Civil Rights Movement. The story is told by Lewis’ personal accounts and images, which provides an unique reading for the audience.
Hi Orzumand, the chapters that we read illustrates the ways educators dealt with questions of race in different aspects of public education. As you mentioned, these snapshots build on each other and are intended to stand as separate episodes. This is so to avoid having the impression that it is a history of education reform or of Brazilians of color in the school system. Davila utilized the analytical lens of this text to reveal a systematic vision of race within elements of public policy and tries to avoid replacement of this vision of public policy as the narrative structure that define a new model of a specific role within the race policies. Davila exemplifies the many facet of ways in which public space is shaped in race. Statistically
Today, the “one percent” hold increasing amounts of power over the country, and large corporations continue to take advantage over workers. Walmart, one of the biggest corporations in the United States, often prevents its employees from having enough hours to qualify for benefits. In this scenario, the large corporation continues to profit while the average worker suffers. The powerful banks that evict the Joad family resonates a familiar feeling in today’s modern age, one of the wealthy few controlling the middle class and lower class
In “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%,” by Joseph E. Stiglitz and “‘We Are the 99 Percent’ Joins the Cultural and Political Lexicon,” by Brian Stelter, these two authors illuminate their audience about how the 99 percent are making it through a difficult life, while the top 1 percent of Americans are taking over everything and watch the 99 percent suffer. Also, the 99 percent of Americans are left living their nightmare and the top 1 percent does not notice how bad the 99 percent are suffering because of them.
In the article “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%” Joseph Stiglitz, a noble prize winning economist, argues that the upper 1% controls about 40% of all wealth in America. This top 1% has taken about a quarter of all income in America, and has seen their income rise about 18% in the past decade. This has made the inequality between classes in the US expand. Eventually, this inequality gap will even hurt the top 1%, because the other 99% will either fight for a bigger piece or just stop working all together. The top 1% can buy anything they need, but their fate realizes on the other 99% to work hard and not fight back. If the 99% stopped working, there would be a simple way to gain back money… that would be to raise taxes on the rich. However, the rich get rich by capital gains, which have a low tax policy. So overall, the upper percent can eventually learn, but a majority of the time it is too little too late.
After reading chapters 2 and 3 and watching the video on the advantages and disadvantages of the newest DSM, I feel very overwhelmed with information but also intrigued.
Social darwinism is the theory of human groups and races are subjects to the same laws of natural selection.laissez faire was developed from social darwinism.it also caused a lot of suffering mentally and physical capacity.Darwinism was created before the origin species.