American society is a pluralist one -- that all Americans enjoy equality of opportunity to pursue "the American dream" regardless of class, race, or gender. The contends, however, such a ideal does not exist; distinct social classes and inequities do exist in the United States, and American society needs these distinctions and inequities in order to perpetuate itself. nalysis of eight social classes in America describes the roles of each class in both influencing and being influenced by American society.