Inequality

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Background information

• Inequality, also known as social inequality, refers to "Unequal rewards or opportunities for different individuals within a group or groups within a society." (Scott 2014:352)
  
• Inequality is a key feature of capitalism. 
  
• "Inequality is the price to be paid for the dynamic economic growth that is characteristics of capitalism." (Friedrich, cited in Scott 2014:352) 
  

For this discussion, we would like to focus five main area, in relation to inequality:

• Class
  
• Ethnicity
  
• Age
  
• Disability
  
• Sexuality
  

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