Analysis Of Ain T No Making It By Mcleod

Stephanie Reynolds

University of Houston

Prof. Lorence

May 4, 2017

The Ain`t no Making it by McLeod

Ain`t no Making it by McLeod is a book that was published in 2008. The author has divided the book into three different parts; The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers as teenagers;

Eight Years Later, and Low income. Through the eyes of these groups, the brothers as the minority boys and the Hallways as the white boys. The two groups of people lived and interacted in similar conditions but they have different expectations and inspirations in life basing on their race. According to the brothers, the challenges that they experienced in the society is due to their race. They have high expectations for life and they believe that somehow things will

This is because they have varied materials and nonmaterial resources, where those that are powerful use their power in order to retain control of others and exploit them as well. Consequently, the rich use what they have to exploit the less privileged in the society. For instance, in the book, the kids from poor families are treated differently from the others with the teachers believing that these students are less competent.

They are categorized in the lower track as they do not have the capacity to develop their language. Later in life, these students are trained to take the blue collar jobs while those from well-off families go for white collar jobs. There are also schools that are distinct where the public schools are meant for the poor students while the rich are meant for the private schools (pg.287). On the same issue, the students from the poor families are disadvantaged by their behaviors, the way they talk, and how they dress it is not easy for them to fit in the society. They are also deemed not to fit in the education system as well.

The social conflict also arises the time when Hallways regard their skin as

According to them, it is believed that the black are favored as a result of their color and that the white boys are a curse. As Frankie states “Well I look today, and if anyone should have a chance to make it, it's fuckin', it's black people. They got a chance to make it. Cuz there's fucking quotas to be filled." (McLeod 187). Basing on this perspective the two groups discussed have a different opinion about achievement. It is clear that regardless of the challenges and the brothers regard themselves as they have the power to defeat all challenges and male it in life through education and the constructive activities. On the contrary, the Hallways are hopeless and have no vision that they will make it life. It is precise that the structural barriers hinder the brothers and the Hallways from pulling themselves out of poverty. Close analysis of the events in the book, in my consent hard work in life, is important but factors like race, sex affect the success of an individual in future.

Gender and racial inequality

In 2010, 15.1% of the citizens in the U.S pollution lived below the poverty line,