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    It is popular to assume that an upper-class child would more easily reach self-fulfillment than a lower class child. However, I would strongly disagree with this statement. As a young girl who grew up in a strict upper class conservative family, I lacked of many liberties from a young age because of my social status and gender. For instance, I could not walk out of my house without a chaperon until I was twelve. I was often told to keep quiet. I was asked to display my culture and knowledge in galas

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    Dangerous Separation of the American Upper Middle Class" Publisher, Richard V. Reeves, in his online article, "The Dangerous Separation of the American Upper Middle Class," shares how income, education, and political power have caused a split in the upper middle class. Reeves's purpose is to convey the idea that the upper middle class has shifted from being a sociological curiosity to an economic and political problem. Reeves outlines how the upper middle class that was once considered an accessible

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    are three statuses we like to divide society into: upper class, middle class, and lower class. The upper class is the social group that has the highest status in society (Social Class in U.S.). These are people like Warren Buffet, who happens to be the most successful investor in the world. These people have greater access to items like, mansions, cars, and money. On the opposite end of the spectrum is the lower class. The lower is the social class that has the lowest social status. They often don’t

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    Stop Villainizing the Upper Class After the latest Presidential Election, the limelight has been shed on the upper class. Political leaders such as Senator Bernie Sanders have convinced the lower classes that the wealthy class has been working against them. Figures for instance, President Donald Trump have been vilified by the media to the extent that they’ve been labeled has greedy and selfish because of his wealth and successful businesses. Reality television shows such as “Keeping Up With The

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    During the Victorian Era, the upper class would lounge in luxury and bask in glory while the lower class suffered and endured hardships throughout their lives. Charles Dickens reveals the power and the effects of Victorian social hierarchy in his writing. These privileges the upper class possessed, such as better living conditions and much more opulence, caused them to behave arrogantly with members of the lower class. Throughout his lifetime, members of the upper class demeaned and degraded Charles

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    the lower class has repeatedly been placed at a disadvantage. This group has been suppressed to their superior counterparts since the beginning of time. Society may try to ignore the gap, but it is dangerously prominent and constantly growing. The economical difference is only one part of many in the differences of the rich and the poor. Hence the fact that they are tremendously different in most aspects and this keeps the divide at large. It is also vastly difficult to move up the class because the

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    Traditionally or generally speaking, children that come from upper-class families have a tendency to hold an upper advantage to lower-class families. These children are afforded the opportunities not born into a privileged scenario. these children are given the opportunity to have the best education with tutors to help along the way. they are given the opportunity to even take classes on behavior to learn grace and proper manners. These are actions that should usually be taught by one's own parents

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    in most countries of the world due to the greediness of those who are in the upper class. This kind of behavior makes the others who are below the the upper class revolt against the regimes and their allies from the upper class who control almost everything within the country. Those who control almost everything describe the lower class as unpatriotic and the enemies who want to destroy the country. In Fact, the lower class are those who work hard to keep the life of the entire society move on forward

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    matter, of the lower and upper class questions. Most of them I didn’t even understand what they were talking about. For example, I was completely lost by the question about the free medical clinics, I had no idea where any would be and that could be life or death information for someone else. Or even the question about your favorite restaurants in different countries, I’ve barely left the U.S let alone know any of my favorite restaurants. I understood most of the middle class section, which is where

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    extremely harsh treatment of the lower class. It went out of its way to create any possible divide between the two social classes, middle and lower classes, to suppress and even eliminate the poor. It was not done in a way that would improve living conditions of the lower class but in the way that would physically and morally destroy the people that belonged to it. This mental divide created two very distinct spaces in London’s society which strived to contain lower class in one controlled space and denounce

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