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https://youtube.com/shorts/JS3FcoOWGc0?si=xikmjJoJoHLeV65h

This is A comedic video showing how people can become attached to shoes. Sometimes the "Js'" are worth dying for.

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#shorts#tiktok#funny#wow ALWAYS SAVE THE JS #trending

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Andersen, Hans Christian. The Red Shoes. 1845.

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Shaq talks about how he made a cheap shoe brand for poor kids that still looked good. This is reminiscent of the poverty social issue shown in the story.

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Why Shaq's Shoes Are So Cheap #shaq #nba #shoes

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When I was a young lad at the age of say 10 years or so, I was in a school/ area where shoes meant more than what car you drove. You could drive a dazzling Lamborghini but if you wore shoes from Walmart you might as well have been a broke beggar. In those days Nikes and Jorden’s were seen as the best “jumps” or best shoes. Everyone for the most part wore these shoes, everyone one but me and my pair of dirt-cheap converses. Apparently converse were “The bass player of the shoe band” and as such those kids absolutely tore me to shreds for it. This the “WHAT ARE THOSE?!” era which sums up the whole thing. Of course, I didn’t wear wooden shoes but like the girl in the story, but I can remember LITERALLY PRAYING once for some Jorden’s. I never got them and now I could care less. Thing is if 10-year-old me would’ve gotten those shoes he would’ve polished them like a mirror each time a dust particle got on them. I also might've danced everywhere to in those new shoes if I ever got them. In the regard of being unable to afford the best shoes as well as being attached to them once you get them is something I can relate to.

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In The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen, the social issue of poverty plays a major role in shaping Karen’s life and choices. From the start, we see how Karen’s poor background limits her opportunities and even her basic comforts, such as when Andersen writes, “she was so poor, and in the winter, she had to use very large wooden shoes.” This detail shows the reader how she lacks even the most basic clothing and must endure the cold with oversized, uncomfortable shoes that are made of wood no less. Poverty, in Karen’s case, isn’t just about financial hardship; it can be interpreted as a root for feelings of attachment to material goods like the red shoes. This is seen when later in the story she can’t get her mind off of the red shoes. Her deep desire for the beautiful red shoes becomes a way to escape her past. However, as the story progresses, the shoes lead her down a tragic path wherein she becomes so attached to the shoes until they are unremovable. This teaches a lesson on of how poverty can make people vulnerable to choices that may not be in their best interest. Even in Toby’s society shoes such as “The Js’ a.k.a Jordens” are treated as a sort of Emblem of success and superiority.

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Include the story title, author, and the social issue along with examples from the short story which illustrate the social issue. This needs to be in your own writing with no evidence of AI generated writing. Try not to rely on 1st person. This needs to be the more formal of the two paragraphs. This needs to be at least 6-8 detailed sentences.

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Social issues refer to those conditions that have a negative effect on a social group or individuals within the group.
Poverty, substance use disorders, discrimination based on gender or race, and unequal education opportunities - are just a few social issues examples we will explore in this article.

For example, poverty affects millions of people worldwide. Poverty can be crippling, preventing people from acquiring the most fundamental necessities of life: food and shelter. Such a lack of resources can also reduce one's opportunity for education and health care coverage.

Investigating these issues can help sociologists ascertain how different social systems and formations influence our lives, thus providing us with the insight needed to construct a more equitable society.

Definition of Social Issues
Social issues are any condition or behavior that negatively affects individuals, groups, and communities.
From poverty and inequality to discrimination, exploitation, depression, violence, and substance abuse - these issues are all-encompassing.

By utilizing a multifaceted approach involving sociology, psychology, economics and political science, we can comprehensively understand social issues for more reasoned analysis.

Eagle and colleagues (2020) state that a social issue is:

"...a condition that involves harm to one or more individuals and/or one or more social entities has at least one social cause and/or at least one social effect, and consequently has at least one or more social remedies" (p. 312).

Social issues are important to study since they directly impact people's daily lives. So, addressing them is essential for creating a better society.

For example, by studying and understanding poverty, we can develop more effective policies that help people out of this problem and reduce inequality.

Simply, social issues are the areas of concern that in any way influence people's daily lives and shape our society.

Examples of Social Issues

Poverty is a pervasive and destructive social ill, wreaking havoc on the lives of countless people. It produces severehunger in many parts of the world and can lead to poorer health outcomes that hamper economic progress in societies.

By 2022, the rate of extreme global poverty skyrocketed to 9.3%, an increase from 8.4% in 2019 (The World Bank, 2022).

When people lack the fundamental resources needed to survive, such as food, water, and shelter, poverty is exacerbated by creating a never-ending cycle of deprivation that captures individuals and households alike.

2. Substance Abuse

In 2020, 37.309 million Americans aged 12 and above had used illicit substances within the past 30 days - a substantial portion of the US population (National Center for Abuse Statistics, 2022).

The repercussions of substance abuse can be devastating, ravaging not only individuals and their families but entire societies. Its destructive power is both physical and psychological, leaving a lasting toll on those it touches.

3. Unequal Access to Education and Healthcare

Unequal access to education and healthcare creates disparities between socio-economic groups. This discordant matter exacerbates the difficulty of those from disadvantaged backgrounds to access services that could positively influence their well-being.

Astonishingly, the United Nations estimates that 17% of all children, adolescents, and youth on a global scale - amounting to 258 million people worldwide - do not attend school (Schmelkes, 2022).

Without the availability of proper educational and healthcare facilities, these populations are in danger of greater poverty, ill health effects, and diminishing employment prospects.

4. Discrimination

Discrimination based on age, gender, or race can create division within societies and exacerbate inequalities between different groups.

This form of prejudice has deep roots in many cultures. It can manifest through unequal opportunities for work or housing, unfair treatment within educational settings, or even verbal abuse from members of the wider community.

For instance, Saudi Arabia is known for its gender-based restrictions that hinder women from achieving career advancement or wage equality in the workplace.

This issue creates a situation of systemic discrimination against female employees and keeps them behind professionally.

Violence is an expansive term that includes various physical attacks such as homicide, assault, and battery.

Still, it can also have more systemic forms, such as gang activity or domestic abuse, which are used to intimidate vulnerable populations into submission.

In America, it's an unfortunate truth that nearly twenty individuals are physically abused by intimate partners every minute. That amounts to a staggering 10 million women and men for one year alone (NCADV, 2021).

Violence yields devastating effects, not only to the immediate victims but also society overall, as it fractures social unity.

6. Exploitation

Exploitation involves taking advantage of someone's vulnerability through deception or coercion to gain some form of advantage over that person.

Exploitation might include forced labor (such as child labor) or human trafficking.

In third-world countries, exploitation is a major problem leading to poor working conditions and meager wages. This issue perpetuates poverty, especially in communities with few job opportunities.

It is a particularly insidious social issue that preys on the weak and marginalized members of society who may be unable to protect themselves against criminals looking for easy prey.

7. Inequality

Social inequity exists when certain groups are unfairly denied access to resources such as money, power, or opportunities only due to personal characteristics like gender or race instead of the effort and merit they put forth.

As a result, these populations often experience poorer living conditions. They have higher poverty rates, crime exposure, and a lack of educational attainment.

Social norming can also decide who gets access to essential rights, privileges, and public amenities, including education, housing, or transportation, based on their social power.

Additionally, it determines the availability of credit services such as banking or other necessary goods for individuals and families in society.

This issue contributes further towards entrenching inequality throughout generations if changes are not implemented soon enough to break this vicious cycle.

8. Homelessness

Homelessness involves having no secure home where an individual can feel safe and protected from harm while they sleep at night.

The United Nations has registered that a staggering 1.6 billion people live in inadequate housing worldwide. Sadly, 15 million of them face eviction annually.

This issue has severe mental and physical implications, leaving those without homes susceptible to great suffering in public places without protection and shelter.

Thus, they often find themselves partaking in hazardous activities such as begging, leaving them open to exploitation and increasing their peril.

9. Mental Health Issues

Mental health issues refer to various disorders involving feelings, thoughts, emotions, moods, and behaviors, which can significantly impair a person's functioning.

From mild melancholia to relentless depression, these disorders span a range of conditions, from anxiety and panic attacks to eating disorders and an array of disabilities.

Poor mental health can disrupt communication and impede interactions with others, resulting in social isolation.

If left unaddressed, this condition can worsen, leading to greater psychological anguish and physical weakening with the potential of suicide or suicidal thoughts.

10. Unemployment

Unemployment happens when a person who is available and willing to work cannot find any job opportunities that offer them a daily wage.

In 2021, 19 countries were analyzed, and the average unemployment rate was 8.14%. South Africa had an exceptionally high rate of 33.56%, whereas Japan had a remarkably low level of 2.8% (TheGlobalEconomy, 2022).

This situation has negative effects on both the individual and the economy. For example, the person experiences a decreased purchasing power, which widens the gap between socio-economic classes.

When individuals lack the resources to purchase essential goods and services, they are left with nothing but crippling anxiety and social alienation.

Unemployment can also harm their self-esteem and identity, making it even more challenging to earn a source of income and sustain the lifestyle they had before becoming unemployed.

For society, a high unemployment rate can lead to a decline in production and contribute to class inequality.

List of Additional Social Issues

Access to clean water

Access to contraceptives

Access to technology

Affordable housing

Animal agriculture

Animal rights

Animal testing

Artificial Intelligence

Automation and job loss

Bureaucratic red tape

Campaign finance reform

Child labor

Child marriage

Child soldiers

Childcare availability

Climate change

Corruption

Cultural preservation

Deforestation

Digital divide

Digital privacy

Discrimination against disabled individuals

Diseases of affluence

Diseases of despair

Domestic violence

Medication and healthcare pricing

Economic recessions and depressions

Educational achievement gap

Elderly care

Energy resources and consumption

Environmental pollution

Food insecurity

Food safety and regulation

Forced marriage

Freedom of the press

Free speech

Gender-based violence

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

Gentrification

Gerrymandering

Hate crimes

HIV/AIDS

Human overconsumption

Human rights violations

Human trafficking

Immigration

Income and social mobility

Income tax evasion

Indigenous rights

Infrastructure decay and access

Institutional discrimination

Intellectual property rights

Internet censorship

Juvenile justice

Land rights

LGBTQ+ rights

Literacy rates

Loss of biodiversity

Maternity and paternity leave

Medicalization

Moral panic

National security

Net neutrality

Nuclear power safety

Obesity

Ocean pollution

Overpopulation

Pesticides in food

Police brutality

Political polarization

Privacy invasion

Public transit

Racial discrimination

Refugees

Religious intolerance

Reproductive rights

Sanitation

School-to-prison pipeline

Sex education

Social media addiction

Stereotyping

Student loan crisis

Sustainable agriculture

Tax reform

Urban decay

Urbanization

Veterans' issues

Voter suppression

Wage gap

Water scarcity

Worker's rights

Workplace discrimination

Youth unemployment

Common Ways to Deal with Social Issues
Addressing social issues necessitates a comprehensive approach involving the government, communities, and individuals.
One of the most impactful approaches to addressing societal challenges involves creating policies that foster economic opportunities and ensure access to vital services.

Governments can assist disadvantaged citizens by supplying educational aid, instituting public housing initiatives, and enforcing labor regulations that secure workers from exploitation (including minimum wage laws).

Furthermore, communities can join forces to help raise awareness of pertinent social issues through campaigns and initiatives.

On an individual level, people can cultivate empathy and compassion towards the less fortunate and educate themselves on the causes of social issues.

Conclusion

Social issues are matters that affect countless individuals across the world. These problems may reflect current events, but they often comprise long-standing problems or disagreements that can be incredibly difficult to resolve.

In modern society, myriad social issues can have devastating consequences for individuals and their communities.

From poverty and homelessness to mental health issues and unemployment struggles, these are just a few of our society's many pressing concerns.

These concerns necessitate a multifaceted solution and can only be solved effectively when the government, local communities, and individuals join forces.

So, only by cooperating and taking action to educate ourselves and develop empathy for others can we strive to have a better world.

References

Eagle, L., Dahl, S., & De Pelsmacker, P. (2020). The SAGE handbook of marketing ethics. New York: Sage Publications.

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (2021). Statistics. NCADV. https://ncadv.org/statistics

Schmelkes, S. (2020, January 22). Recognizing and overcoming inequity in education. United Nations. https://www.un.org/en/un-chronicle/recognizing-and-overcoming-inequity-education

The World Bank. (2022, November 30). Poverty overview. World Bank. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/overview

TheGlobalEconomy. (2022). Unemployment rate in G20. TheGlobalEconomy. https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/Unemployment_rate/G20/

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Viktoriya Sus (MA) and Peer Reviewed by Chris Drew (PhD)

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Social issues refer to those conditions that have a negative effect on a social group or individuals within the group.

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Provide a visual or audio representation of the social issue and story that you analyzed and a 1-2 sentence explanation explaining what it is and why you picked it. This can be in the form of a video clip, piece of artwork, song, music video, photo, etc. Use your imagination here to highlight a particular social issue. Don't just pick the first thing you find after googling. You can provide as many representations as you would like.

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Write a detailed, grammatically correct, reflective paragraph in which you describe why you choose this particular social issue and how it connects to your own life. Be specific. You can use 1st person since this is to be about your connection with the social issue. This paragraph needs to be at least 6-8 sentences.

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"The Red Shoes"

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Step #1 - Review the Alternative Assignment Directions/Rubric