No, I don’t think that the author’s argument is making the point that the wealthy are exploiting the poor. I think he’s just trying to disprove the myths of class in America. He’s also making the point that the way a person is brought up and the environment he/she lives in, the influences that surround them may affect the way they perceive their careers and what they to aspire to be. My position on this argument is that I believe the myths are definitely untrue. I believe the influences thrown at a person during their childhood and teens subsequently affect what they want to become. The examples on pages 314-317 are good because it shows how people with different backgrounds and influences in their lives have influenced what their aspirations and jobs were when they got older. But I don’t think it’s like that in every case. There are a lot of people who want to “get out of the ghetto” and they actually do accomplish this because they have determination.
But my overall view of this argument is that even in America people do talk about social class in public more than they notice it.. Even though appearance isn’t one of the ways to tell if a person is rich or not, so many people judge and assume someone else’s class by associating them with the general population of their race or culture.
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Brittany, you make some awesome points that I wanted to say but couldn't quite find the right way to word them.
I love what you say about the way they grow up as a child, and their economic status affects their perseption and ideas of what to become in life. I agree with this because in some cases, they may look at their parents and say, well that's the best I will ever be. And that's a shame but thats just they way it is sometimes. Other times if they are in a hard situation, they may want so badly to make money that they will drop out of school and take wahtever minimum wage job they can get, and they will be in that environment for most likely the rest of their lives.
Very thoughtful blog B-Will!!
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