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What are the main causes and effects of classism?

Malik Beyard
Ms. Garcia and Mr. Stoll
October 27, 2014
Prompt: How neighborhoods determined as good or bad in
Los Angeles.

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Introduction
My paper is going to focus on classism and how classism is defines. Through the two
paragraph, the topics include the issues of classism, how society relates to wealth
for poor or rich families, and how neighborhoods determined as Good or Bad in
Los Angeles, California. But how effects people lives in this world. Classism still
continue to spread through the United States. Classism is reflected on people of
where they come from in terms of their history background and what the point of
view of what happened in the communities. The resources that are in low-income
communities and how it impact children that lives in the neighborhoods. Resources
that available that are in wealthy communities and how it benefits of living a
wealthy community and how classism relates to race. Also, it wealthy communities
there are three times more healthy markets that are available and neighborhoods
they predominantly people of color with less supermarkets in their neighborhoods.

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People define classism in multiple ways, what is classism to you? Classism

defines as the view of society by showing different classes. In the following section
begins a more detailed information of the three distributions that provide in the
class interesting and relating actions. Additionally, people have the direct attention
of how many problems that causes in society. In society is where each social class to
understand primarily in peoples lives, classism continue to spread. One thing to
understand classism related inequalities deprives from the content of power and
privilege in which class are being inequity is seen in the form of sociopolitical
diversity by each groups to be expense than others property. The statement is
being discuss by Carr Collins who define classism as The systematic oppression of
subordinated groups (people without endowed or acquired economic power, social
influence, or privilege) by the dominant groups (those who have access to control of
the necessary resources by which other people make their living) (145). This shows
how each social class of dominant groups to have different economic power that is
being control the system and the people have the right to have resources in order to
make their living (263). The economic system have the privilege to associate with
other ownership groups that any people to have resources to make a better living
including by bending other race. Also, it could be said that class- related interests
that accumulate wealth that help give to the delineation race in todays generation,
people without endowed or acquired economic power or privilege (145). This
shows how people dont have the privilege to develop and gain power to make an
economic for the system. Classism have sustain an incorporate the spectrum of
identities that show the important of developmental categories for people to build

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class- relate counsel to complete the first step to premised means to help and
support the cause. The reason why are premised because there is no texts that
really exist in the counseling circulation. Counselors become educators when they
studied the race-classism interaction by creating circumstances that Americans
faced living conditions in poverty and it impact classism millions of people in
society. Even though people define classism in multiple, the issues of classism is still
the same for many people (263).
The issues of Classism that effects people lives in society including everyone
has the right to have adequate living for families cant afford food to feed their
children and people dont have opportunities to make it in school, etc. there are
different types of classism is social equity and social inequity. Social inequity is a
board theory that used scholars to have discussions about identifying conflict. Social
identity theories explains different groups that falls under the category of classism.
Additionally, the social dominance theory was the main purpose to explain different
groups that based on age, gender and membership. Also, social inequity are
suffering in manifestations in terms of people who are oppressed or targeted in
discrimination that have life chances. All communities and cities are destroy
economically through resources, productivity and misallocation. The World Bank has
find more equal distribution of land, economic growth in society that Students
could learn to see classism at work through the facilitated analysis of such real life
examples as environmental classism and racism through which poor communities
and poor people (Bullard 2000). According to the quote, it shows how much
students who has poor families that want opportunities for the future. But there will
be times where the negative stereotyping of the poor that permeates the media,
particularly with regard to poor people of color (Clawson & Trice 2000). The people

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are struggling to make their way in the real world but poor families and poor
communities are being targeted in the social media in terms living conditions,
financial aid, support and rights to the laws. It reflects how people live every day
trying to make their way through their struggles but it is hard for others that want to
have scholarship for school or opportunities for their education and something that
will bring back to the poor communities, thats what the media focus on color folks
who being targeted negatively with racial stereotypes about their history
background and where they from that rich people look at them as less human like
they dont belong in this world to be accepted in society. Counselors own
motivations and everyday discourse can reveal previously unexamined symbols of
classism and references to class and privilege (Smith in press). This proves that
counselors understand how classism is being effected in everyday life in society
with their own opinions. Additionally, the issues of classism shows how much it
effects people in terms of poverty and financial aid on poor families and rich
families.
Society and wealth is one of the main point that show the difference between
poor families and rich families because of The effects of poverty on well-being
have been repeatedly and conclusively established by numerous researchers
(Carry & Sloan 2003). According to the quote, some of these effects of classism
share the same problems as others who were wealth, rich, or poor that is related to
many people which classes do they belong too. Poverty is dominating ownership
that created a wealth divide profits that people can authorize. True fact is for every
dollar owned by the average white family in the United States, the average family of
color has less than one dime (Lui, Roldes, Leondar-Ross, brewer, Adamson 2006).
Rich white families who has more profits in their money are the ones than ten times

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wealthier than the color families because they have low money in their profits and
people who been wealth in the upper-class and people who are poor is part of the
lower-class income. Also, people of color are among others that are being reported
living in poverty for example liked African- Americans are 24.7 percent and for
Native Hawaiians is 24.3 percent and for Asians is 9.8 percent. Those are examples
of people of color living in poverty. Classism has inequalities resulting from natural
occurrences are, as this situation not to concern in this discussion, however much
damage they may bring (Dugan, power equalities, 2004). Those were inequalities
that help the cause of people living in broken environment that causes trouble in
neighborhoods. In fact, the population of people who are under poverty is 40
percent of African- American women and Hispanic American women who lived in
households in the University of Michigan. Despite the many ways of how much
wealth you have but it depends what place you live that is safe and dangerous in
Los Angeles neighborhoods.

What are the Safe and Dangerous places in Los Angeles to live in different
communities and neighborhoods? An Individual, Despite on living in different areas,
the rate of violent crime per 10,000 varies among the more than 200 neighborhoods
and cities policed by the LAPD and LA county sheriffs. There are lower and higher
rates of crime Los Angeles areas that LAPD appear several times in 200
neighborhoods (263).As an individual, lets Start off with the dangerous places like
chesterfield square which is 159.8 percent of crime that the total population of 102
individuals, Manchester square which is 94.1 percent of crime that is the total
population of 114 individuals living in the neighborhoods. Watts which is 79.5
percent of crime that the total population of 326 individuals living in Los Angeles.

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Hollywood which is 42.5 percent of crime that has the total population of 363
individuals and Historic South Central which is 42.1 percent of crime happening on
the south side with the total population of 221 individuals, thats is the bad
neighborhoods on the Southside and eastside of L.A. Los Angeles, California (Garcia
263). Many other popular cities across the United States can be a wonderful place to
live or an extremely dangerous one, depending on the circumstances and your
location (Lee, Pg.1). There are other popular cities that you can live in versus the
circumstances that happen in bad neighborhoods in terms of location you live in.
now moving on to the Westside and Northside of safe areas in Los Angeles starting
off with Brentwood, Bel Air, and Pacific Palisades which are the main three safe
areas in Los Angeles because it is high quality neighborhood, good to relax and
enjoy the nice weather to be around the environment with your relatives and family
members every day. Century city is quite a good area to live in multi-million dollars
apartments but has small portion of 1.2 percent of crime (Lee, Pg.1). Now the Best
neighborhood in LA to live in is Highland Park (Hermann, Pg.1). Highland Park has
low crime rates at 16.4 percent of the total population of 100 individuals live there,
and highest price housings, great Mexican food in the city and it is an area
populated full with Latino families. Despite the terms of people living in an good
neighborhood that helps the community with their children through education and
better opportunities in the future versus people living in an bad neighborhood where
there is no support for children and adults to get opportunities for their own good to
be success. And they struggle with getting their children off the streets because
violence and crime.
There is much more debate to whether increase funding in low-income
neighborhoods will improve education for low-income students. There is strong

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evidence that increase support in the following areas does improve education
results for the disadvantage of low income students. There are three areas where it
is believe that will improve benefits to poor children. (1) Investing in early children
education. This will help children get an education at an early age (Cancan 2). (2)
Small class sizes in the early grades. Something that will get children started in
elementary school from kindergarten to fifth grade (Ludwig 2). (3) Bonus salary
bonuses to recruit and contain better teachers. In the school districts they can
development a strong program full of teachers that have the knowledge to teach
low income students (Jacob 2). Differences in academic achievement are evidenced
by race and class as early as age three. Research in developmental sociology,
economics, and other fields suggest the earliest years that invention for low income
maybe make better results may improve educational outcomes in the long run. The
benefits of these programs are larger up to support the cause. Reducing class sizes
will help teachers to spend more time on individual students. Also, teachers can
refine instruction to work with children needs, and make it easier for teachers to
oversee the class. If low income children are told by more effect teachers.
Differences in schooling outcomes maybe decreasing. The people argue about the
improving ways of how schools are well-organized including the way the people
deliver rules that can improve student achievement with good resources. This
means of reasoning that assumes have good evidence that lead to the practices are
more effective and that school personnel do not have the ability to identified on
their own in these programs. Additionally, some changes in school operation
practices seem to develop student incomes including the changes in school
organization, classroom rules and the teacher hiring and job promotion. Why these
best practices are have not been supporting the cause? Because they be having

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trouble trying to gain support for others who need to become an organization that
will help teachers and low income students to follow instructions and have good
behavior in these programs. The student background. Some people believe that our
public schools stems in larger part from the challenges that low income students
face outside of school in terms of their performance in class. Additionally, the
differences of a student family background shows a large variety of the academic
achievements outcomes across the childrens variation. Low income children have
sustainably have problems with achievements test scores that are lower in their
education other than higher achieve children when they started school at the ages
of three or four.
In many philosophies have been clarified in the disparity of the number of
supermarkets in poor communities of color versus the white communities. For
example the center of food and justice at the urban and environmental policy
organization find out that middle and upper-class communities in Los Angeles
country have twice as many stores than the low-income communities; the same
philosophy that predominant white communities have three times the supermarkets
than the predominant black communities. For example, the only stores that have in
Inglewood and Athens neighborhoods is food for less, smart and final and ninety
nine cent store right around the low-income and middle income communities versus
all the stores are all in the upper-income that have trader joes, fresh n easy, and
whole foods in El Segundo, Hermosa beach and Manhattan beach (263). A
philosophy of several states find wealthy neighborhoods had more than three times
as many stores as low- income neighborhoods. Also, individuals have their own
decisions about eating habits and exercise habits that the environment of how they
live effects on their decisions. According to the text by the American journal of

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public health, African- Americans living in low income neighborhoods have one
supermarket were more likely have poor guidances of dietary of the fruits and
vegetable consumption. This shows how the problems that are being point across
the country that address the lack of acceptance to healthy foods that can be in lowincome neighborhoods. The results of grocery stores with types of retail and
organizations, pharmacies and other components help the well-functioning
communities that can develop the boarder of social and economic health.
Conclusion
Classism is defined as people living in different socioeconomic statuses. Because of
this difference, certain individuals in low income communities struggle in society
with providing resources for their families, adequate living conditions, and a safe
environment. Argument one explains that people have their own opinions of
classism being define in other ways. Argument two shows the issues of classism
that effects society in general. Argument three analyzes how people who can
provide support for poor communities that needs opportunities for the youth and
Argument four is based on what neighborhoods that are safe for people that have
resources versus neighborhoods are not safe for people to live in the environment
full of crime and violence. Classism is still a problem in the United States and it still
important for people to fight and protest in todays world as an issue in society.

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Works Cited Page

1. Students could learn to see classism at work through the facilitated analysis of
such real life examples as environmental classism and racism through which
poor communities and poor people (Bullard 2000), Addressing Classism,
Ableism, and Heterosexism in Counselor education.
2. The negative stereotyping of the poor that permeates the media, particularly
with regard to poor people of color (Clawson & Trice 2000). Addressing
Classism, Ableism, and Heterosexism in Counselor education.
3. The effects of poverty on well-being have been repeatedly and conclusively
established by numerous researchers (Carry & Sloan 2003).
4. Inequalities resulting from natural occurrences are, as this situation not to
concern in this discussion, however much damage they may bring (Dugan,
power equalities, 2004).
5. Best neighborhood in L.A.(Hermann 1). Sorry, Echo Park: Highland Park is
L.A.s Greatest Neighborhood
6. Depending on the circumstances and your location (Lee, Pg.1). Safe and
Dangerous Places in Los Angeles.
7. For every dollar owned by the average white family in the United States, the
average family of color has less than one dime (Lui, Roldes, Leondar-Ross,
brewer, Adamson 2006). Addressing Classism, Ableism, and Heterosexism in
Counselor education.

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8. Counselors own motivations and everyday discourse can reveal previously
unexamined symbols of classism and references to class and privilege (Smith in
press), Addressing Classism, Ableism, And Heterosexism in Counselor education.
9. increased investments in early childhood education (M. Cancian and S.
Danizger); Improving Educational outcomes for poor children, New York: Russell
Sage foundation, 2009).
10.Small class sizes in the early grades; improving educational outcomes for poor
children, J. Ludwig, fall 2009.

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