social class

This week in class we have been learning about social class. Our society defines people on many different things such as, income, wealth, education and how much your house costs. The wealthiest people are in the highest class and the poorest people are in the lower class. Almost fifty percent of Americans are on the poverty line, and only one percent of people are in upper class. The majority of the people who live around us are in the middle class. After learning about that, we learned that social stereotypes are what keeps us from going up or down in social levels. This tends to limit people because they think that they are bound by their social class. The area where we live in social class does not seem to affect us as much as it would if we were in a more diverse area.