Many people hear the terms social status and rank in their earlier years, but don't really know the meaning behind it or what it represents. That was me as well, I always though social status had to do with how many materialistic objects you own and what job you have, but it's much more than that. It's where you live, whom you associate yourself with, what kind of education are you getting and much, much more... Social classes break down into many categories and many people variate in different statuses throughout their lifespan. There are opportunities for so called "ranking up" or "ranking down" as you become more prestigious or more deviant. Sadly there are only specific amount of people that are available to work themselves up the social classes and most people are stuck in the class that they were born in.
As I was watching the video "People Like Us", I came to realize many things that I've never thought about before. I never realized that people can be so observatory and make assumptions based on the products you buy or the clothing you wear. I've seen it happen before, but not to such a degrading level as it was shown in the video. American society is primary ruled by money and it troubles me seeing people labeling other based on how much money they own. It bothered me especially when the video portrayed this woman who worked at burger king and had to walk miles just to get to work and make the little money she could to support her family, yet she was not being respected for it and her kids were ashamed of her. This women was making money by any means she could to keep her family secure yet it was still not enough and her kids were not satisfied. Now, what does that tell about our society nowadays?
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