Getting out of the Ghetto An African-American who has lived in the ghetto's of Chicago all his life, has found a way out. He will be the first mamber of his family to go to college. Social sratification in the United States is usually based on wealth and power, which is passed on from generation to generation. The relitive poverty that is charictoristic of the ghetto's in Chicago and other lower class societies in the United States makes it virtually imposssible for anyone that is born into the ghetto to get out. A young woman from the ghetto explains her difficulties in getting a job. If she puts her actuall address on her application, she will not be hired, simply because of her “location” in society, which she has no controll over at this point in her life. This is only one example as to why many of the children and young adults in lower class societies such as....

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