These daily battles are not fought with guns or knives (usually) but with unjust tactics by the active government and wealthy to suppress the life chances and opportunities of the less fortunate groups which lie on the lower portion of the racial and/or social stratification table; thus the creation of ghettos was and is inevitable. ... Nonetheless, the conditions that prevailed in these early ghettos were fueled somewhat by the strong social and cultural ties that held the immigrant communities together. ... This could not be said of people of color, large numbers of whom have tended to re...

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There are various ways of defining a social class depending on the author. ... Bourgeoisies was a class of professionals between the capitalists and the workers and they had characteristics of both the two classes Modern sociologists look at social class as a stratification of the society into different continuums of strata depending on their educational attainment,income,wealth or occupational prestige (Murray and Charles 98 ). ... They impact onto the student a high social standing. ... Attainment of higher education on the other hand has not resulted in social fluidity. ... They also hav...

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Nonetheless, the two distinct social factors are features of agency and structure in a complex society in which they create causally interlinked configurations. ... The media emphasizes that anyone can purchase the products advertised on television, regardless of his or her social class. ... Thus, organizing as a strategy for promoting social change empowers and provides tangible benefits to marginalized institutions and neighborhoods. Likewise, in "The Power of Social Movements (and Its Secret), Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith reveal the contributions of social movements ...

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