Injulity Of Society: The Issue Of Inequality In Society

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Society is confronted with inequality; this sense of injustice towards others who appear to be separated from the supposed norms of civilisation. Those people who may have a different skin tone, eye colour, religion or a different economic status than yours. Reconcile the fact that there would appear to be just over seven billion people on this earth today. Then contemplate the idea as to how many individual traits are amongst this seven billion. There are thousands of ways in which individuals differ from one to the other. So think, what do you have in common with these individuals? You are just one character, blended in with the bulk of society; you can breathe, you can eat and drink. You have a family, a language, and a culture. You have a religion to adhere to, dreams, fears, and feelings of every kind imaginable. But what makes you different? What causes class hierarchy, social marginalisation, and social stigma? More importantly, why does one treat another differently just because they seem to be altered from these so called ‘normalities’? It is clearly evident that difference is bluntly tailored for discrimination to result from. However, we must learn to accept, and reinforce this concept of equality and understand how we encouraged the issue of inequality in the first place.
Social difference is still apparent in society today. We differ in various ways from distinguishing characteristics to distinctive qualities. No matter what the aspect involved, social diversity can still be defined as the degree to which one person differs to another. It is this effect of variety which generates scatter between individuals. On the basis of this definition, how is it that inequality evokes? Though we all have our differences, how exa...

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...nd physical characteristics, same status and similar lifestyles. Because of this it is our human nature to be ethnocentric towards those who are different from us. This gives rise to discrimination which ultimately leads to social inequality. We must accept the fact that inequality surrounds us. We may be created equally, have the right of liberty, and the enlightened pursuit of happiness. However, Inequality is still in our grasp. It is now a necessity for society to come to its own consciousness and move away from such societal distress, to treat others with the highest of respect despite their form, to ultimately eliminate labels on individuals and effectively progress towards the solution of equality. No matter how difficult it may prove to be. Then we may be able to construct a more progressive society, one not blurred by the problem of social marginalisation.

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