The Fight for Equality

Many Americans can’t see behind the scenes. They don’t see the lower classes hard work and motivation that goes into the trash. The lower class are stuck in their lower class. They see the certain people they can’t accept. The American Dream is easy for some, but difficult to reach for many others.
When lots of people walk down the street and a homeless person is sitting there what do they do? They walk on and mumble something like get a job or try harder. Most poor people can’t do much more to fix their social class. It’s like they are stuck there. In Tammy Crabtree’s story, her family suggests this idea, “I growed up poor, my dad worked hard. He worked 27 years..........and it ain’t easy.” (People Like Us: Social Class in America) Tammy and her family have nothing else to do. They have worked all their life and been smart with their money. They do not have anything else to do to make their life better. People that are poor and don’t look the best can not get a good job either. They are stuck in that one job because no other place wants to hire them.
Most people are born into a social class. You don’t get to pick your social class. You can’t move classes. When poor people are born into the lowest social class they can’t move. No high social class members wants a person that can’t afford a dress. These people don’t have enough money to do anything, but buy food. People Like Us comments on this topic, “I am from the middle class because that’s where I was born and that’s where I live.” (People Like Us: Social Class In America) This suggests that because you were born into a class that is where you will stay. If you are born in a low class you can’t work your way into a high class. The high class won’t accept you either because ...

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...he same education or any practice in socializing with rich people. They aren’t even allowed to look at these brats. No wonder they don’t like the rich people.
Lots of people see the bad of the lower class, but do people ever see the good? They work harder than most people in the U.S. They value family time over money. They want equality for them and they want to be seen as normal human beings. If equality is in our Constitution then why do we have people not treated equally? Let’s start looking behind the scenes and let’s see what is really going on.

Works Cited

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed. Holt: New York, 2001. Print.
Hard Times Generation: Families Living in Cars. Dir. Rob Klug, Alicia Tanz-Flaum, and Peggy Eng. CBS, 2011. Film
People Like Us: Social Class in America. Dir. Louis Alvarez and Andy Kolker. Center for New American Media, 2001. Film.