Multicultural America

This blog is designed for a class at Brigham Young University. Students use this blog to discuss elements of our multicultural society that we learn about in class. Due to the limit in the number of authors allowed, only students will be able to make posts on this blog. We welcome comments to the posts. Our hope is that this blog will foster dialogue about a number of difficult issues regarding diversity, which in turn will help us to better understand other people's diverse perspectives.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

The Income Gap, Explained With Candy Corn

http://www.npr.org/2011/10/29/141823761/the-income-gap-explained-with-candy-corn

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Shantia BowersNovember 2, 2011 at 4:15 PM
I can't help but wonder how they're defining the middle and poor classes, especially since "middle class" is such a broad term. That is crazy though, how the saying "the rich get richer" is astoundingly true.
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MNovember 5, 2011 at 10:17 AM
A typical issue. This makes sense. If you are rich and your company is losing money, you get rid of employees to maintain your own income and the income of those you like. What is the goal behind all of this publicity about the rich being filthy rich? Are we hoping that they'll feel bad and say, "You know what, I do have more money than I possibly need so I'm going to give it away to charities and other organizations." I agree that this is a problem, however I feel that a plausible solution is lacking. Then again, I don't keep up with this so I'm making all kinds of assumptions.
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