¶ … SOCIAL PROBLEMS (POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, CRIME, MEDIA, ...) AND WRITE a PAPER I attached instruction.
There is presently much controversy regarding the concept of poverty, as society finds it difficult to accept the fact that it exists contemporary to the opulence present in first-world countries. With politicians using poverty as a means to endorse their campaigns, the masses tend to consider that governments have the tools necessary to eradicate poverty and that strategy is all that they need in order to do so. Poverty has basically come to be an instrument used in propaganda, considering that official figures constantly relate to it with the purpose of improving their image. The general public needs to understand that poverty cannot simply be eradicated, as governments would actually have to test and install a series of programs over a long period of time in order to come up with an effective method of ending it.
Many people have trouble understanding poverty, as they are inclined to associate it with situations when they are unable to buy things that they do not actually need, but that they consider would make them more fashionable. "By this definition, poverty has all but disappeared in wealthier nations (including the United States and the United Kingdom), where almost all citizens are free from life-threatening material want" (Besharov & Call, 2009). Although this does not mean that concepts like low...
Crime On March 9th, 2013, two New York City police officers shot and killed a sixteen-year-old Kimani Gray, and claimed afterward that he had brandished a handgun at them after being told to show his hands (Goodman, 2013). More remarkable than the New York Police Department's killing of a young black male, however, was the outpouring of community grief and anger that followed the shooting. The following Monday, March 11th, saw
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Decreasing United States Unemployement Unemployment How to Decrease Unemployment in the United States Unemployment in the United States has reached an extended peak that it has not seen since the end of the 1930's. People are worried that this could be the new norm, even though the rate seems to be trending down again. Unfortunately, too many people also realize that much of the downward trend comes from the federal government constantly readjusting
The public face of stigma involves the general public's negative beliefs, feelings and behaviours directed toward those with a stigma" (¶ 4). Public stigma may contribute to a cycle of poverty by: a) Employers discriminating against obese individuals or those who may be HIV-infected or mentally ill. b) Being poor, per se, may contribute to even more public stigmatization. Self-stigma and public stigma closely connect, Reeder and Pryor (2008) stress
Sociology of Crime Sociologists claim that crime is a social construction The term "crime" refers to various forms of misconduct that are forbidden by the law (Eglin & Hester, 2013). There are different justifications as to shy sociologists classify crimes as a social construction. All social problems are the product of social construction; defining, naming and labeling them into place through which people can make sense of them. It is evident
Ethnic Social Groups. Issues Related to Ethnic Social Groups In this paper we have discussed the issues African-Americans face in terms of employment, social stability and their identity as a separate ethnic community in the United States. Sociological studies suggest that "black people" or "African-Americans" have always had little choice in the racial label given to them. Research and literature on this subject states that unlike some racial/ethnic identities, the "black identity"
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