The Influences of Society The following stories are the perception society has on certain minority groups, defining the way they live in society with the social injustices they encounter. The way they perceives themselves and the way others treat another group of people has been shaped by the injustices in society. The results effects the way of life a group must adapt to and defines who we identify through time, a delusion created subconsciously overtime, for some a sense of entitlement for others a sense of inferiority. Everyone in their daily lives has been shaped by that individual’s society; we adapt to our environment and express the many results of each struggle differently. Starting with Martin Luther King Jr. a “Letter from Birmingham …show more content…
Such as this guy George F. Will in “An Argument to be Made about Immigrant Babies and Citizenship” who on the contrary believes there is a “misinterpretation” of the fourteenth “amendment’s first sentence”, that “no one can become a citizen of a nation without its consent”. Two opposing views on birthright citizenship, usually the majority group has an influence and advantage over a minority group to follow that society’s laws on entitlements and other social benefits. The story where society’s belittling perception governs the worth of another group’s labor is from “My Mother Never Worked” by Bonnie Smith-Yackel. Where there was no death-benefit for her hard working mother because the work performed by women in her society was not considered having a job and didn’t have a death benefit for the family. This shows how the power structure of society has the power to give or take social benefits such as death benefits or