Social Problems
America has seen a great amount of social change during the past few decades. From they way we eat to the way we treat our criminals to the safety of our children at school, things have definitely changed. The rash of recent school shootings is a sure sign of the breakdown in parenting and a lack of family values being taught to our children. The highly processed foods that we are eating have led to a nation, which is severely overweight and ill. The Criminal Justice system in this country is a joke; it has been shown to be biased against minorities and the poor. A guilty rich man is known as a free man, while a poor murderer is destined for years on death row. In the Kip Kinkel article we are given a view of Kip’s life as told by his friends and classmates. A symbolic interactionist would say that this violence is caused by a break down in the child’s social structures, organizations, and culture. The main social structure to decline is that of the family. Twenty to thirty years ago the family was much stronger. There were less single parent homes and the div
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Some common words found in the essay are:
American Dream, Kip Kinkel, Corporate America, , Criminal Justice, fast food, criminal justice system, criminal justice, function fast food, dependency fast, death row, corporate america, conflict theorist, function fast, processed foods, justice system, minorities poor,
Approximate Word count = 726
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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