I never really thought about a race controlling a
socioeconomic status (S.E.S.). The race that seems to be “controlling” the
S.E.S. is the Caucasian male. How they determine this I do not know. If because
the president is African American does that give African Americans a little
more control over the S.E.S. as opposed to an African American being the C.E.O.
of a large company? In the article (Dressler Et Al 2005), it says research has
said that a person’s socioeconomic status can be determined by their race and
ethnicity. Of course this is not the same for every case, but I feel like most
situations I guess it is true. Then again I guess it just depends on where you
are. If you are on the west side of Chicago I believe this to be true in most
cases. I believe a socioeconomic status can be determined by someone race because
a socioeconomic status is developed due to someone’s education, income and
occupation. In Chicago the education system is not so great. Teachers have to
become more involved in managing the students’ behaviors as opposed to
teaching. Most people living on the West-side also have low incomes or not so
good/illegal occupations. But I have
lived in Evanston as well and the same judgments cannot be made. In Evanston
education is better and African Americans that live in that area are not in as
bad of socioeconomic standings. This is because the education is better there
as well as most African Americans that live in Evanston have a decent incomes
and occupations. With that being said the statement that socioeconomic status
can be determined by race, I think, depends on the area
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