Heather Evans
02/07/2020
SOC-220
Professor Cantrell
Social Inequality Worksheet
1.
Social inequality occurs when resources in a given society are issued unevenly, typically
through norms of allocation, that provoke specific patterns along lines of socially defined
classes of people. Social inequality plays a big role in the perpetuation of drug abuse. For
example, many celebrities struggle with some form of addiction. These celebrities are
more likely to seek medical help, while individuals in poverty aren’t given the same
opportunity because of the stereotypes people put on these individuals. Many things
that these individuals are on the streets or suffering from poverty due to the fact that
they are a drug addict or hung out with the wrong crowd. In reality, some of those
individuals are War veterans who came back to nothing, lost both of their parents, or
just struggling financially. If nobody is willing to help these individuals or offer these
individuals help, they will continue to grow as a society. On a macro level, institutions
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