Thinking about Diversity

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The Meaning of Class: Is Getting Rich “The Survival of the Fittest”
Inequality in the society is explained as ‘the survival of the fittest’
The inequality in the American society can be appropriately be described as “survival of the fittest” since the individuals who are brought up in a higher class and better neighbourhood, or has abundance resources can have enough money to survive in the modern circumstances. On the contrary, persons who are poor experience more challenges and must put a lot of effort in order to survive under those circumstances.
Spencer’s ideas are still popular in the US today
Spencer’s concept on the “survival of the fittest” is quite popular in the contemporary society in the United States. A perfect example of the concept is in the academic systems. Children belonging to affluent families are likely to join best schools. The main aim why such children are able to enjoy top quality education is because of the success of their parents in their lives, which is a reflection of the survival for the fittest mantra. Subsequently, these children are able to acquire higher education in top universities and colleges. Since the children are dependent of their parent’s affluence, their counterparts from poor backgrounds fail to meet qualification to attend better universities.
Whether income is a good measure of person’s importance to society
In the current capitalist society, somebody’s earning tends to determine his or her importance to the community.

In this regard, persons who earn more money are considered valuable as compared to those with lesser resources. However, this is not a good measure of the importance to society because each person has his or her own contribution irrespective of what he or she earns. In fact, the society should use careers as the measure of importance to the society. With diversity of career, the community will have various measurement and goals of success. In so doing, it helps to promote respectful co-existence in the society and avoid obsession with money.
Response of the sociologist to the notion of “survival of the fittest”
Based on sociologist perspective, the notion of “survival of the fittest” should not be advanced in the society. In fact, the notion that all it takes is hard work to get to the top should not be applied to degrade the poor. Moreover, the society should concentrate in promotion of social rules and interactions for harmonious co-existence. Welfare programs targeting the poor must be integrated in the society.

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The Meaning of Class: Is Getting Rich “The Survival of the Fittest”