Question

1. What social class were you born into and how do you think it affected your life chances? Describe if it made it harder or easier to achieve your goals.

2. Other than money, what are some other factors that determine what social class we are “classified”?

Answer 1

1, We are Native Americans. It affected our life chances in many ways. We are indigenous American formers from the poorest community in the US. social class in the unites states is a controversial issue. US government did very less for native Americans and we received minority treatment, went for treatment hundreds of miles away. We often suffered from mental illness, alcoholism, and suicide due to our economic background. Due to unemployment, poverty, less education government agency stopped our chances and our life expectancy decreased. Due to inadequate insurance, governemtn policy, hopsital services our social class had suffered from a communicable disease, diabetes it increased the death rate among us. There is a high level of violence and there were a lot of environmental problems, poor housing, inadequate clothing, diet, etc. we lost out occupational chances, out children studies in public school, they are poor in English. The government cut the funding it made the education threatened. Due to poverty, dispossession and drug abuse, there was a high crime rate and violence. we lack a safe home, indoor water supplies, home health care, and long term care. native Americans had no cultural and religious freedom and restriction on worship and there are racial discrimination issues. It made it harder to achieve our life goal by adopting habits of civilized life in modern US society.
2, Other than money, education, unemployment, low income, social status or prestige are the common factors that determine our social class we are classified.