"THE RICH & THE POOR"

 The video "People like US( social class in america)" showed us the real differences we have in class system in America. How the people who are the 1% of the population controls indirectly the rest of the middle class and poor class people. The inequality starts from there. People tend to separate their self from the other classes who are not as rich as they are. high society rules around the idea of materialism, sometimes we are not even aware of it and people are judging us based on our appearances. the video tells us that the neighborhood we live in, the gatherings we attend the cloths we buy, the way we move/behave in society etc everything tells us about the class we belong to, as it has been said in the video as well  that "its all about cash" if you are not born with the gold spoon in your mouth you are not welcomed in that so called high society. The researcher in that video tells us that it is almost impossible to change the class even when you do fall under that category of 1% you still won't be able to get along with the people who have inherited their wealth compare to people who reached that status by working their ass off because reaching the goal to earn a lot of money is not enough to be able to considered as upper class, the upper class has its own lifestyle and its own way of pursuing it. The video also showed us how one women was teaching another woman to move in the higher society, " how to marry rich" people and how to vow the men from that higher society so that you can get married and change your class status. The more money you have the more facilities you will get and the more respect you you will earn. 

The video connects to the article "cause of death, inequality" by Alejandro. the talks tells us that the main issue of the deaths in poor is because of the inequality and injustice of the system. lack of education and income could lead to the death as well as not having access to healthcare.those who have lower class status has more stress because they are trying hard everyday to get the higher status in society. Alejandro stated in his article that many of the stress related diseases such as diabetes, blood pressure, heart attacks/strokes, homicide the cause of due to the pressure of society and those diseases are more common in poor class people, these diseases could lead to the death as well because  most of the poor people don't have education. the inequality is everywhere in the system said the author of the article. people who doesn't have awareness because they never had the education about it they tend to make wrong decision when it comes to the idea of "educated guess".  also the better education you have the better chances you got to have a well paying job. but education has become so expensive to get, its getting harder for lower class people to survive and get basic necessities getting education is far beyond the question.

The chapter 9 "Inequality" from our book also emphasize on the same topic. Chapter explains the different class systems and how does it work the stratifications of the class. The article, the documentary video and the chapter it all goes with each other and makes it clear that the class system really do exist in our country, also it suppresses the poor. 

The family system also plays a huge role determining your class. A person who lived within the family he/she is most likely to have a better education because family usually help each other. in my own personal experience I'm not working right now but I don't need to worry about it as much as my friend who is own her own. Family helps each other having both of your parents at your side gives you moral support and at times you get tension free because you know you'll have your people by your side when you need them.