Class inequalites

The issue of class struggle is one that at times is hard to identify. In every culture there is undoubtedly an oppression of the lower classes as cause to the actions of the higher classes. This, however, is not always distinguishable. For example, at times it harder to see the what the lower class Americans go through as it is to see what it may be like in another country. The example shown in fire made this evident to me. Being of Indian decent, I am familiar with the class struggles of many servants. In India, like many other third world countries, the issues are very clearly drawn out and are evident. The servants are oppressed and are in a cycle that they cannot break. This simplicity to the class struggle is not this simple in developed countries, and goes much deeper than what most third world countries experience in their class differences.

In a society like that of America, there is no dispute of a class inequality. However, it is not always evident. In a way, it is “hidden.” As opposed to situations like that of a third world country, the oppression is more of an socio-economic issue. It is less practical than the issues in India (and any other third world country) and much more complex. The rich continue to get richer and those in poverty continue to suffer. It is more of an undercover issue than it is in a third world country. People are less apt to talk about it because it is much harder to define in a society like that of America. Because of it’s complexity it becomes a harder to fine a solution and is thusly in some ways worse than the oppression of lower classes in a third world country. In order to address this issue we must as a group to define what the issues are and identify the cycles, making it as evident as it was in the film Fire.

Omar Mir