Examples Of Inequality In Society

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There are many issues in our society like drugs, alcohol, racism, rape, gender work place diversity, injustice etc. People face many problems due to these issues. The most major issue of our society is inequality which will be highlighted in detail in this essay along with its solution. Inequality means unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions within a society. People judge other people on the basis of their appearance and the accent of their language it. It is not fair to judge a book by its cover. Thurgood Marshall, states, “Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on”. As a human being it is natural that we judge things. In high schools we can see …show more content…

There is a movie “My Fair Lady” tells about the difference between two social classes, a higher class and a lower class. George Cukor, the director of the movie highlighted this social issue. This movie was about a girl from a ghetto who sell flowers and about an arrogant professor who had a really good command of English language. The name of the girl was “Eliza Doolittle” and the professor’s name was “Henry Higgins”. As Eliza belonged to a lower class, her accent was not very good. She wanted to learn how to speak in a better way so that she could work in a flower store. In the first scene of the movie, the difference between the higher and the lower class was shown. The people from the higher class wore a fancy dress and spoke softly and slowly whereas, Eliza wore a green fitted dress which could show the difference between the two different classes. Here, Eliza met Professor Henry. Eliza went to Henry to learn how to speak in a better manner. Henry decided to teach Eliza after accepting the challenge of “Colonel Pickering”. Henry taught Eliza for six months. He used different methods to teach Eliza how to improve her accent. He took Eliza to a horse race to see how