A_Look_Into_The_Social_Reproduction_Of_Inequality

A Look Into The Social Reproduction Of Inequality According to MacLeod, an open society is a society that embraces meritocracy, which states “success is based on merit, and economic inequality is due to differences in ambition and ability” (3). “Individuals do not inherit their social status; they attain it on their own. Since education ensures equality of opportunity, the ladder of social mobility is there for all to climb,” and such “American Dream is held out as a genuine prospect for anyone with the drive to achieve it” (MacLeod 3). The achievement ideology, in other words, states that individuals’ family origins or class positioning does not have an impact on their occupational mobility or success. However, after reading Jay MacLeod’s Ain't No Makin’ It, macleod, social, ideology, hangers, hallway, brothers, achievement, success, states, society, origins, opportunity, mobility, inequality, family, different, class, words, witnessing, validity, two, thus, thought, teenagers, stay, status, since, show, school, resists, residence, reproduction, reading, questions, question