Racial classification
The three articles talk of social classification within societal settings. Gregory Mantsios depicts that despite the media roll in informing, entertaining, and marketing, it has ranked the society entirely into two social classes, including the poor people and poverty. According to Mantosios, media coverage has distorted and misled the community by giving a blind eye to the poot. In many cases, the media does not highlight the plight of the poor but the middle class and the rich only. Media for many years have neglected the poor, and as Mantsios put, according to the media, “the poor do not exist.” Nonetheless, the poor should also be heard towards a societal cohesion, growth, and development.
On the other hand, Kate Bornstein, in her article “Gender Outlaw,” addresses gender as a societal classification. According to Bornstein, society classifies human beings as either male or female. In most cases, this classification is done at birth, particularly in hospital and by doctors. The community has forgotten and blatantly ignored the existence of another set of gender class that is either male or female, thereby stigmatizing those who fall outside their known gender classification. Moreover, the known is further associated with ‘good’ or ‘bad’ luck. For instance, according to Bornstein, some communities associate boys to good luck while girls are a sign of bad luck to their father. Worst of all, a child of transgender is considered evil spirits; thus, some societies advocate for their killing. Children should be equal and vital attributes to the community and should not be discriminated based on gender.
Finally, the racial classification that has remained the greatest social stooge is another form of social classification. American society has ever classified itself as white or black American. Racial classification began with slavery back in the eighteenth century. This classification has led to numerous legal battles in the United States as well as social and civil injustices. If American, both blacks and whites could have embraced each other without racial discrimination, they could have evaded numerous social and civil problems that have affected it throughout its history.