Dimensions of Social Inequality - Future Social Inequalities in Twenty Years

Section I - Dimensions of Social Inequality

Begin by identifying yourself on the dimensions commonly associated with social inequalities: social class (income, wealth, (current and intended) education level, occupational prestige (associated with current or planned career), race, ethnicity, and gender. In addition, you might also identify yourself on dimensions associated with less traditional inequalities, such as national origin,, sexual identity or preference, age, weight, able-bodiedness, and so forth. Explain where you fit and how that affects the life chances for you and others like you. Use theoretical concepts and empirical findings from class materials, other relevant research, and archival data sources to describe and analyze your "place" in the world. Why do you think our society stratifies individuals and groups on these dimensions and not others? Use important theoretical concepts to perform this analysis. Discuss how various ideas might be synthesized to produce a better explanation

The first section of my essay will be on the different dimensions of Social Inequality. Let me first start off by telling you more about myself. Let me start by saying I am one of the many Americans who believe that we do and are broken into social classes. Although social classes are not as obvious to see since we are able to hide are class if we want to. I do believe that social classes do break down Americans into further categories but I think this is for the betterment of human kind. Using the socioeconomic criteria of income, education, and occupation by Gilbert (2003), my family is in the upper middle class region. This is not only by monetary amounts but also to include my wives degree in Nursing, along with my Associates Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology. We are both in the Air Force and will obtain the rank of Master Sergeant (E7) this Spring which is a Senior Non-Commissioned (SNCO) position. She is currently in charge of a clinic which included over 20 technicians and 5 doctors. I am the NCO in charge of the Wright-Patterson AFB Honor Guard. It is a special duty assignment that is a very visible position not only on base but in our local community. My current goal is to become a guidance counselor for middle school aged children. I think the gratification of helping young teenagers make the right decisions and help them grow and make the right choices is very appealing to me. I do not know where that would rank on a level of prestige but to me it is the ultimate giving back and helping my community grow in a positive more observant manner. Being of African-American, Japanese, and German decent, I have experienced a lot just from being mixed. I am one of the 2.5 percent in the United States that classify myself as multiracial. he social inequalities I have met have made me stronger as a person and would be easy for me to pass that along to not only individuals that are like me but individuals that are not. I could help them see a different view if I could relate to what they think this is why I am getting my degree in Psychology. Being