I agree with you when you say, “media could be used to talk to people, meet people and engage in platforms.” Media has changed to be more socially acceptable in today’s time. There are people who need their privileges of social media taken away. Social media is good in that it can bring awareness, but it can also be bad because there are situations like cyberbullying that do occur. Social media works a lot faster and has a lot more information than any other source of media. Social media is instant while it takes time for newspapers, and letter to get around.

There are lots of things that are needed to balance out to see all the positive and negatives of social media. There have been several accounts of popular media users not being themselves, using an online persona. Social media can also spread rumors just as face as information, so you must discern through the information and decide for yourself if the information is real and dependable. A lot more complications come into social media in today’s time, but The Civil Rights movement used it in a resourceful way and brought awareness to the worldwide problem that is brought upon by racism and slavery.

I also agree with the fact that it is now in the 21st century where we don’t see race being the main factor for the division of a social class. It is now divided into upper, middle, and lower. Which is more of the ‘what is your economic stance in this world?’ Are you poor, stable, or rich? That is how we view it now, but sometimes you catch a glimpse of the division in race. For example, if you were to go into the poorer side of a town people would call it the ghettos or the hood and it is said that it is mainly black people live in those parts mainly because of poverty and the constant fluctuation of inflation. The government also taxing quite heavily is another reason for the constant depletion of money. They take the money with ease, but when asked for raises or more paid time leave they turn their heads. It’s infuriating how class, today, is divided by economic viewpoint and when you don’t have the desired amount you are automatically deemed as something lower than you are.

What differs between the persistent problem of society’s social class and the brutal crimes committed blacks prior to the civil rights movement are the crimes committed against those who stand to not tolerate the hate. Society glances over today’s social class as a problem out of their control: something the government only has control of. The general idea is simple: It doesn’t affect us, so why care? To someone lower on the social class ladder, the idea of social class being a problem is nothing but crystal clear. Those higher up on the ladder genuinely come to the census that it doesn’t affect them, and that changing it is something that would only prevent the inevitable. After all, why change life’s course? Back then, not all whites were against the Civil Rights movement. Although, any who stood up to support it were met with hard, brutal punishments, or even death.

In today’s society, those placed above others look down on others as something that’s out of their control; something that they were blessed with, and simply “got lucky” with what life gave them. The problem isn’t apparent until you’re on the short end of the stick. A solution to the persistent problem of social class seems unachievable without other factors falling into play. However, I too hope to find a solution that gives everyone equal opportunity to chase their dreams.