Social_Mobility_In_The_United_States_

Social Mobility In The United States' Social Mobility in the United States' Abstract: The focus of this paper will be social mobility in America. My expected findings were that upward social mobility is declining in America, social mobility depends on race, income, mother and father occupation, and ethnicity. The method of research that I used was literature review. I found that 1) upward social mobility is more likely for a white individual than a black individual 2) upward social mobility among the lower classes is decreasing and downward social mobility is increasing 3) upward social mobility does increase the higher the person starts on the social ladder. Statement of the Issue: The United States of America is a country that takes pride in having a thing called ¡§equal opportunity¡¨ for all. America is a place where one can supposedly be successful if he or she works hard. Is this the reality of our society or just a myth' If the idea of equal opportunity were a reality in America, social mobility would be a very common thing. Poverty would only be temporary for the ones who willing to work hard. It wouldn¡¦t have to mean that America would be a classless society, just one in which social, mobility, america, article, black, people, males, equal, race, society, poor, upward, white, urban, study, opportunity, latinos, factor, education, class, united, lower, job, immigrants, however, found, states, research, person, middle, jobs, discrimination, because, among, about