Positive Functions of the underserving Poor: Uses of the underclass in America

In this article by Herbert J. Gans is arguing that the nonpoor people complain that the people who are not as fortunate like them that they dont deserve help from the govenrment or that they are taking their jobs which makes hno sense to me because americans wont do the jobs immgrants/poor emplyees do, in fact should be thankful that immigrants are in the US because they often do the dirty/hard working jobs, and that they are a threat to society. Not everyone has that kind advantage being born in a wealthy family but raised in a poverty home. Herbert explains the reason the poor are always beng judged as underserving, is because of stereotype. The nonpoor judge the poor by what they see, and they are often called lazy, irresponsible. For example single mothers that are poor are willing to do everything possible to get a bit of money to buy her kids food, We dont know the story behind it but always the negative minds say she went against the norms for being an irrresponsible girl sleeping with a men before marriage and is on the street asking for money. i say instead of judging, feel sympathy and do something to help her with her kids, especially her children that have no fault. Hernert introduces five positive functions, microsocial, economic, normative-cultural, political, and macrosocial.

DEVIANCE

Being  a deviant person is someone who breaks a social rule. Most of us tennagers including me breaks the common social rule which is underage drinking. we dont see no ham to it or a wrong at the moment, but we never think about the consequences that would take place after. Most deviance is not illegal, there just in the "wrong" group as explained in chapter 6. The unfairnes soceity brings is a person will be named deviance  just by the way they are or look or their affects. In my understanding of deviance is the rules that you break not neccesarilly need to be illegal but social, breaking the rules on what people believe is "wrong" or not right. On my understanding everyone can be a devaint person once in their life wether intentionally or unintentionally.