These are two examples of apartments that can be found in Russellville. The styles of these apartments are very common throughout the city. As you can imagine, the apartment complex to the right is considerably nicer than the one below. The large apartment building below is for low income families or, in most cases, single elderly people. On the other hand, the apartment complex to the right is designed for younger people that more than likely have small families and are middle class. These two apartment complexes are a form of systematic discrimination. The elderly people that live in the large building must live very close to other people, as well as having much less security. The middle class, younger people live in an apartment complex that is gated in and only share a garage with their neighbors, but otherwise may as well live in their own house. These people are less vulnerable as a whole, based on their youth, yet they have greater security. In a more ideal society, these security features would be reversed, as well as the quality of the living quarters, as the older people have in a sense, "paid their dues." This concept of the younger people with more money having a nicer living situation is a product of socioeconomic status, which is the main driving force behind discrimination, even if there is no race directly involved.
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