Social Inequality In Robert Putnam's, Our Kids

In present day America, society looks like it is on the up and coming. More jobs are being created, people are spending more money, colleges and universities able to raise tuition costs, everything seems to be doing well, but for one group of people, it seems it can only be getting worse. In, Our Kids, by Robert Putnam, we see a group in society that is at the end of the totem pole. For many in the lower class, going to college or finishing high school may not be an option, but instead staying out of prison and trying to figure out how to support a family. As a person that has grown up going to private school all my life, I have had an opportunity to get a glimpse at both worlds, the rich vs the poor.

In an article written by Bruce Western, he digs deeper in the under lying problem of the US prison system. He says, “In the last few decades, the institutional contours of American social inequality have been transformed by the rapid

The first step is realizing it is a problem, the second is figuring out a way to illuminate the issue, and lastly execution of the plan. It is very easy to say something is going to change, but things get hard when it is time to make it happen. It’s time we get over our different egos and come together. If we want to truly “make America great again” and achieve the American dream, it is time we put aside our pride and work together. Work together, so that there won’t be any more children in the foster system, wondering where their next meal is coming from, or wondering when their dad is coming home because he is serving a prison sentence. So how are children effected by the prison system? They are effected in everyday life, more than some of can even imagine. Whether it may be school or sports or surviving life itself. Nothing makes a child happier than to see their parents happy for them, but for many children, that is just mere dream. A dream that may