Community Cultural Wealth

Cultural Capital and Community Cultural Wealth are hand in hand. The community cultural wealth relates to the six types of cultural wealth and what they mean to our

Tuition and finances are among the most commonly inquired topics regarding college. Socioeconomic status, one’s social and economic position within society, directly and indirectly influences the ability to attend college. It directly relates to the financial aspect of higher education. One explanation for this is the human capital theory, which suggests a negative correlation exists between parents’ income and educational level and the amount of student loan debt their

I would say that Relay For Life is a good example of a social capital institution. Every person that is involved with Relay share's the common goal of raising awareness and money for a common cause. By being a part of an organization where you are surrounded by people with a common interest, not only can you benefit but the other people involved can benefit from it. I think that this is a great way to be engaged in civic life and to be involved with not only other people who participate in Relay, but also with other members of the community who benefit from all of the time and effort put into raising money for the American Cancer Society.

Is there social capital present from an urban life? In some instances, it is present and absent in others, so what is the so-called "big picture" regarding whether or not it is present or absent overall? For evidence of the increasing presence of social capital, I will use as evidence my own personal experiences and observations. From my experience, city life can only alienate you if you let it. Putnam may be quick to blame electronic media for giving us excuses to decline social capital, or he

Had Brenda Allen not lived in a housing project that offered as many activities and opportunities, she may not have been motivated to achieve well academically, earn a scholarship and become a college professor. Allen’s experiences allowed her to accumulate social and cultural capital. The three different types of capital, as described by Bourdieu enabled her to essentially move up to a higher social class and improve her quality of life.

Social capital is who you know, and the quality of your social networks. For an example, people with high social capital know people who can help them in life. This relates with Kaepernick's protest because it explains how his social capital has made this outrage so worldwide. Kaepernick has high social capital which is why people have followed in his steps and joined in on the protest. If he was not a “celebrity” in the world’s eyes then he would not of been noticed during the protest; therefore, it would not of been a worldwide controversy. Having social capital was very important for Kaepernick and the other players to get their meaning and reasoning for the protest out so everyone hears it. Although social capital is a great concept to relate back to this article there are other concepts that will also

Social Capital – “Social capital refers to the collective value of all ‘social networks’ and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other” (About social capital, n.d.). Theoretically, students with more social capital make better decisions because of their ability to call upon additional social resources that other students may not be familiar with or have access to.

Cultural capital is the concept that middle and upper class parents pass on behaviors and habits to their children that promote acquisition of wealth and education. When I examine my life, I realize that I may have benefited from cultural capital. I grew up in a rural farming town with a population of 1,500. The town was isolated, 40 miles from another city. Most families in this town were of lower social economic status, and depended on farming as a livelihood. My father worked as a Mechanical Engineer 40 miles away. Compared to the population, my family was wealthy (although wealth is relative to a location). My family was of middle socioeconomic status. I saw my family receive benefits over other families in the town. My family could afford

Although most of the nation has worked hard to end racism, there is still a slight persistence of inequality (Schaefer, 2014). This persistence occurring among racial and ethnic groups is because of cultural and social capital (Schaefer, 2014). Cultural capital is a noneconomic force that comes from the family’s background and prior investment in education (Schaefer, 2014). Additionally, this is also understood to be social assets that include “talent, intellect, style of speech, and academic competencies” (Brown, Hurst, & Hail, 2016, p. 116). Now, social capital is “the collective benefits of durable social networks and their patterns of reciprocal trust” (Schaefer, 2014, p. 246).

Civic engagement is when a person gets involved in the community in order to help it strive; while social connectedness is when someone makes a connection with another in order to benefit themselves. (Putnam, 1995). These terms then go hand in hand with each other they all affect one another in some way whether it is positive or negative. Social capital is affected by one’s civic engagement and social connectedness. Certain organizations are deemed as more important that others; Putnam (1995) states that people of “tertiary organizations” like “Red Sox fans; they root for the same team and they share some of the same interests, but they are unaware of each other’s existence” (p. 11). There is some meaning to this, because it is true. People who only ever meet once or twice at say an event such as a big game or party will only ever associate because of common interest and nothing more. Not really caring for the other. Putnam (1995) goes on to say that these organizations are not as important as secondary organizations, which can include churches, veteran’s retirement homes, etc. (p. 11). This is where Putnam overlooks

Bourdieu claims that cultural capital acts as a social relation within a social system of exchange that includes the accumulated cultural knowledge that confers power and status. Displaying cultural capital can lead to benefits, such as gaining status or acceptance and this can also transfer into social capital. Social capital is a resource, based on group membership, relationships networks of influence and support. This social capital can have other benefits, such as gaining economic capital and this can often be reinvested in cultural capital. This process continues it is considered cyclical and shapes or effect social interactions and relationships. Displaying cultural capital can bring rewards or incur cost, depending on the cultural/social

Bourdieu states that the capital comes in various forms, not only in the cultural one. The author writes about economic capital and social capital. On the one hand, describing economic capital as financial goods that can be bought with money, e.g. technology. This form of capital differs from the other forms of capital to its ability of being trades and having a physical presence in society. Economic capital gives immediate access to certain goods and services, whereas social capital refers to all those things individuals cannot buy with money, e.g. love, happiness, social acceptance, memories, experience, etc. According to Bourdieu (1997), social capital focuses on trusting relationships and how people use those relationships and social connections

Coming from an upper middle class family, buying the items I needed for college wasn’t cheap, however, because of the financial stability and amount of capital my parents make, the cost of college was manageable. For people in other countries, purchasing the clothes, technology, books and school supplies, would take them over 20 years of their salary to afford. The common cliche saying college students say is, “I’m a college student, I 'm not rich”. While compared to the super wealthy in America, yes, college students are poor. Many college students get jobs to pay for student loans, food, and other items that are both items of want and need. In many countries around the world, many people make $1.25 or less per day. They are working long, strenuous and arduous hours just to afford enough for survival and to keep their families safe. College students capital versus a person in poverty’s capital are quite polarized where a college student owns and has a plethora more amount

Putnam (1993, 1995) defined social capital as “the features of social organization, such as networks, norms and trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit”. Social Capital can also be defined as “social relations of mutual benefit characterized by norms of trust and reciprocity” (Winter 2000). Putman made a distinction between the different forms of social capital ( bonding, bridging, and linking). These distinction have proven useful when mapping of the types of networks available , as well as sorting out the forms of networks that are health enhancing or damaging . Putman (1993, 1995) defines Bonding social capital as kinship and other intra-group networks or formal associations. He also defines Bridging social capital as those networks or formal associations linking groups and individuals beyond major social categories and cleavages (Putman1993, 1995). The third type of social capital, linking social capital, was introduce by Woolcock (2000, 2001). However, unlike the other two forms (Bonding and bridging), linking social capital has a vertical dimension. Woodlock (2001) defines Linking social capital as the links people have with higher levels of decision-making and resource allocation . These distinctions between the

Higher education here in the United States is widely accessible to students, however, there are some students in communities that do not attend because of their background differences. There would be students that are discouraged or do not have the proper resource to help them out because they are first generation college students. Also, they could be struggling with financial issue that can also be a factor that prevent the students to achieve a higher education. Most of the time students who struggle usually comes from parent of color who are mostly from the lower end of the class structure. Beside the financial struggle, first year college students seem to be lost and intimidated by the process. Although higher education is widely accessible in the United States; however, pursuing higher education is hard to achieve, because each ethnic groups and socio- economic class are exposed to different types resources and have different struggle in life.