Our nation is currently suffering from social, economical, as well as
political injustice and its greatly impacting Americans of every social
class. From the lower to the upper class and from the white to the blacks,
we are all greatly affected by it. Many people can agree that injustice is
unfair and morally wrong. There are many job occupations that injustice is
legally prohibited such as police officers, doctors, judges, lawyers and
basically every other available occupation. Discrimination against black
people to government killings in third world countries, these social
injustices have changed throughout the years.
Economical injustice is a very a trending topic today and is becoming
a key issue in our nation. People of the lower economic class are most
commonly found affected by injustice. No one is doing anything to get rid
of poverty, especially our government! Barbara Ehrenreich's main point in
"Serving in Florida," is that once people become poor it is very difficult
to escape it. Ehrenreich says, "There are no secret economies that nourish
the poor; on the contrary, there are a host of special costs" (Ehrenreich
71). The biggest problem poor people are facing is ironically the cost of
living seems to increase therefore, making it difficult to get out of that
slump. All these extra costs are being piled up on the poor community,
making it unfair towards the lower class people.
Social injustice continues in despite our ups and downs throughout the
United States financial history. Low-waged jobs require so many demands and
restrictions. For the small amount they are getting paid, don't you find
this kind of outrageous and unfair? Isn't bad enough already that the
average salary of these jobs is significantly low? How can injustice be
changed particularly in this field you may ask; the requirements for the
low-waged job should be far less demanding and flexible. Many low...