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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52941#.VK3YEMnQrzE Author(s)   Jerome Rabow * , Manpreet Dhillon Affiliation(s) University of California, Los Angeles, USA . ABSTRACT This paper addresses the ways in which our everyday usage of the common phrase “people of color” perpetuates a basic inequality in language use. A suggestion to eliminate inequality in teaching is proposed.   KEYWORDS Race , Racisim , Teaching , Inequality Cite this paper Rabow, J. and Dhillon, M. (2015) Balancing Scales of Language Injustice. Sociology Mind , 5 , 23-26. doi: 10.4236/sm.2015.51003 .   References [ 1 ] Chen, K. (2013). Could Your Language Affect Your Ability to Save Money? YouTube. Web. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3YTbubyjI   [ 2 ] Feagin, J. R. (2013). The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.   [ 3 ] F...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50314#.VDXkAlfHRK0 Author(s)    Emily Rauscher 1 , William Elliott III 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA . 2 School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA . ABSTRACT American society reflects considerable class immobility, much of which may be explained by the wide gaps in college completion rates between economically advantaged and disadvantaged groups of students. First, we discuss the factors that lead to unequal college completion rates and introduce assets as an explanation often ignored by stratification scholars. We then discuss how a legacy of wealth inequality has led to wealthy stude...