Week 2 Response: Herbert J. Gans, “Race as Class”

The author points out some shocking facts about race and class. It is highly random, inconsistent and inaccurate. He gives a commendable justification for this process. He begins to explain the history behind this tradition and gives exact facts about how it started. The scientific explanation behind it is that race and class is a result of evolution. Scholars believe that the climatic differences have also played a huge role in the different color skins of people all around the world. They have come to the conclusion that, these climatic and social differences are some how transferred into DNA and they keep on passing on to the coming generations. The sole minority that is most likely to be affected are the African Americans. They are easy targets and have are easily perceived as threats. The main reason is that majority of Black people are poor and uneducated. This puts them right at the bottom of the social sphere, which is still true. They were given menial jobs, low wages, treated like beggars and what not. This injustice has been hindering our countries growth for decades now. It is time we do something about it and end this degradation of human life today.