Technology Gap Facing the Poor and Minorities in the United States

The Functionalist Perspective sees society as a system. Regarding the technology gap facing the poor and minorities, a functionalist perspective would cover this issue based on the society’s consensus due to their core beliefs and values. If there would be a technology gap with the poor and minorities, there would have to be a reason for the gap to be occurring. There can be a positive and negative side to the technology gap with the poor and minorities, such as; it is a downfall due to them not being able to learn new things, and experience the world of technology. On the other hand, the positive is that it creates a building block for our government to get technology available for both poor and minorities.

The conflict perspective draws much of its inspiration from Karl Marx and argues that the structure of society and the nature of social relationships are the result of past and ongoing conflicts. This perspective is basically saying that the technology gap with poor and minorities in

the United States is based on these two certain groups. This issue is also focused on conflicts in our society, such as; the war in Iraq, poverty, and even our government.

Symbolic interactionists’ perspective