Analysis Of More Than Just Race: Being Black And Poor In The Inner City

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The topic of race has been an ongoing topic of discussion for centuries. Whether it be a subconscious action or not, people often define others by their race, but ironically a lot of people do not think too much into it. It seems like a simple topic that people would like to think they understand. For example, some people even would go as far to say that African Americans put themselves into the positions that they are in now. If they wanted a better life, they should work hard just like everyone else in society does. It is that easy. It is not like there is anyone holding them back to achieve their dreams. However, that is not the case. There are many contributing factors that have resulted into racism today. In some cases, these factors keep…show more content…
As the snowball gets bigger, the momentum makes it harder and harder to stop. This makes it really hard for them to escape the situation that they are in because there are so many contributing factors. In William Julius Wilson’s book More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City, Wilson shows how elements like the government, poverty, and culture have kept black people separated and trapped in their place in our stratified society. Wilson titles his book More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City because there are many other factors that contribute to blacks being stuck in their status than just their race. There are many instances in which the structural forces allowed separation of black people. For example, Wilson says that government policies helped “middle-class whites away from cities and into the suburbs” (2009). A lot of times, African Americans were also just flat out denied into certain neighborhoods. Of course, this resulted in predominantly white neighborhoods away from the city, while blacks were left there. These white neighborhoods were also surrounded by better amenities (Wilson
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