It is harder if not impossible for poor people living in bad neighborhoods to reach their goals than it is for an upper-middle class person living in a nice suburb. Being placed into a respectable job is impossible because of the poor system of education in the underprivileged areas. Affirmative action, which is looked at to be a benefit to the poor and minority, is actually a form of discrimination. All if these attribute to the fact that classism plays a large role in the annual exit rate of poverty and the growing numbers of poor in the American society. .
Rafael and William will have different class levels when they grow up and the main reason is because of the education each of them received. Education is a core reason why the poor are doomed to stagnation. Someone that is of a more wealthy family is given much more opportunities and chances of success than another from a less fortunate household. Money talks in America and without a certain amount of financial and material power it is very hard to progress or even survive. Here is some statistics showing that have a decent education while being poor is slim to none. When taking the verbal section of the SAT a child from a household making below $10,000 would most probably receive a score of 446 while a child from a home that makes more that $100,000 would most likely to get a score of 559. The math portion is as bad with scores of 446 for the kids with incomes less than $10,000 and 559 for the rich kids whose parents earn more than $100,000. When finishing high school most poor youth need to get a job to maintain living when he/she should be looking for a good college to go to. More wealthy youth have no hesitations about college and are sent to some of the best in the country. Thusly the median income for someone with a 9th grade level of education is $17,261; the median household income for those with a 9th - 12th grade education (no diploma): $ 21,737; a median household income for high school graduates: $ 35,744; a median household income for college graduates, B.
