Many people think that it becomes much harder to succeed in these days than any other times because of the changing society at unprecedented speeds and keen competition. However I disagree with the statement above in that for the following reasons; obstacle of status and racial discrimination.
To begin with, in the past, there was huge obstacle named as the status. In that time, people of low class are not able to even choose the job they like to do and cannot help but to just follow thier fate and obilgation depends on their positions. Since most prestiged people such as the aristocratic class, the rich and so on want to keep their existing power, they unfairly prevent people in low social level from being success within the society . Therefore, doors open toward the lower class people were extreamly handful and many people in the past even cannot get a chance to try to be better social status.
Not only the status inhibits people to do what they want, but also racial discrimination have contributed to difficulties people have encountered in the past. While many movements against racism are prevalent and become commom sence of people in these days as the paradigm changed, in the past, racial discrimination was very commom all over the world. The prime example is African-American minister named as Martin Luter King, Jr. We can say that such African-Americans advancing into society and gaining much prestige could not have been possible without his efforts to fight against to injustice. In other words, African-Americans were surpressed their desires to take active part in the society which they live in by white people.
To be succeed is always hard for people and It might be rather up to how much a person struggles to be successful and what talents he or she has. Personally, I believe the current society opens much more doors for people as such obstacles is becoming to fade out. |