Social Class Analysis

This includes a story of her mother who waltzed into a social service agency dressed in an impressive outfit to set straight an issue that her elderly neighbor had trouble with over the past year in a single day (Cottom 1012). To elaborate, she justifies why poor people ordinarily make the choices they do, while conversely questioning them. In her text, “The Logic of Stupid Poor People”, Cottom declares that “We want to belong” (1013). I agree that we want to belong, if you belong you are safe. At one point, her first professional job manager decided she was accordingly “. . . too classy to be on the call center floor.” (Cottom 1014) This proves that putting money into a brand name suit can have a positive influence on others, in this case she gained a high pay raise and her workload was decreased. If poor people spend money on classy outfits, the rich people will perceive them as their own.

An inequality in society, economy, wealth distribution, and political corruption and the influence in cooperation of government led to

America is seen as the land of opportunity across the world, but many people wonder if it is true. The truth is America does have opportunities and with dedication anything is possible though the opportunities are limited. Usually limited for those who belong to a lower social class. The main reason opportunities are limited are because of America’s social inequality. The social class of America is separated into multiple groups that struggle with each other due to the inequality of power and wealth on the daily basis.

Australia has suffered a large gap in education due to socio-economic class. Generations ago, social class was a major part of society that separated the different classes especially in education. The wealthy attended school and only a percentage of the poor received little education as most left school to help provide for the family. These days, although the Australian government is funding schools giving the opportunity of an education to all families regardless of their class, social class is still an intimidating debate among society. So, the question is does social class still have an impact on Australian education? This essay will discuss reasons, through field research and studies, as to why various social classes are still apparent

“ I got to figure.  We all got to figure.  There’s some way to stop this.  It’s not like lightening or earthquakes.  We’ve got a bad thing made by man, and by God that’s something we can change.” John Steinbeck. This excerpt from Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath is talking about the ‘bad things’ that we deal with in our society. Two bad things that are extremely pressing in society today are the growing gap in the social class system and gender inequality. Both social class problems and gender inequality affect the way members of our society live their daily lives but are commonly overlooked or underestimated.

One artifact that our author identifies in this chapter is socioeconomic status (SES). As it states in the chapter, those with higher economic status are better able to obtain health/medical resources. I think this is a huge example of differences in health between those who are less educated and/or those with less income and those who have more education and/or have higher income. A second artifact provided by the author is physician bias. I think that this is something that probably happens more often than we think and is under our awareness. Most people would have no clue that physicians are taught that this gender gets this disease and the other does not, and so on and so forth. I think that many physicians are taught to be biased when it comes to certain diseases, such as heart disease and breast cancer. Even if it is less common in one gender, it should still be tested for in similar ways, but it is not.

I elected to take ENGLISH 140, “Race In The Age of Obama”, during the Fall 2013 semester.; it was my first class at Michigan. It was well-structured and through-provoking… The conversation was motivated by both current events and less recent literature, and each portion of the material was treated with compassion. The class is described as an effort to “develop an understanding of what race is, how it has been debated and represented throughout our nation’s history, and how it affects our national life today.”

Various statistical techniques are used in sociological research in order to study the social world. These may include measures to describe data dispersion, as well as analytical methods such as latent class analysis. Each technique can provide distinct approaches to answering a research question, as they may emphasize specific factors or lead to different ways to structure results. Consequently, it becomes particularly important to consider one’s choice of measures and methods, as depending on the ones used, both the conclusion itself and interpretations of it may be affected, along with wider understandings of social reality.

Consumption, lifestyle, and taste is a basis for social division. For example Bogans vs Hipsters or Class vs Swag

teenager in a country like Iran. A country where everyone must hide their true identities because the government has complete control over it. Nobody thinks for themselves because the government does that for them and

Social class comes from the idea of ‘social stratification’ – a term that refers to a system whereby a population in society is divided into ranks, or categories, based on “their relative power, property and prestige” (Henslin, Possamai and Possamai-Inesedy 2010). These categories help classify the 3 main different social classes; working/lower class, middle class, and upper class. Therefore, when we’re looking at ‘class inequality’ we’re looking at the disparities between them and what causes those differences. However, like most Sociological concepts, this is subject to various competing explanations, so to paint a clearer picture we can look through the lenses of conflict theory & functionalism (although are both under the ‘macro-sociology’ umbrella of sociological schools of thought); two sociological theories very different from each other.

I will draw upon different evidence linking social class to where people live. Firstly, I will look at two approaches to determining social class, together with how class and social inequality are linked. Secondly, by reference to several key studies I will demonstrate that where people live is representative of their social class, and outline how disconnections are formed as a consequence. Finally, I will discuss how sporting opportunities are constrained to a person’s social class and place of residence.

When considering the social class of an individual, I tend to analyze the educational aspect and the experiences they had over the course of their life. As I was growing up, both of my parent social class position is in the working class group. They didn’t have the opportunity to attend college / university nor graduated from high school when they were younger due to the situations that wouldn’t allow it to happen. They grew up in Southern China and their families didn’t have much money for them to go to school. Instead, they were working to earn enough to just buy food and to survived. When they came to the United States, life was better for the both of them. For me, I want to study hard to at least graduate to earn a bachelor degree so I

For the purpose of this assignment, I interviewed my close friend, Mango. Mango’s younger brother, Kale, is a 21-year-old high school drop who lives at home with his parents and has been in and out of inpatient rehabilitation centers for the past two years. Although Kale has not been diagnosed, Mango shared that Kale is a slow learner and had been retained when he was in the first grade. Mango also shared that other then the first time Kale was retained in first grade, from what she can recall, she remembers other teachers advising her parents to retain Kale or put him in summer school. Mango stated that Kale had difficulty learning in school, which resulted in Kale getting angry with his siblings because they who would make fun of him for not understanding how to solve what they would considered simple math problems or write essays. Eventually, Kale started to skip classes and befriend friends who introduced him to drugs. Currently, Kale has been found using drugs such as marijuana, ecstasy, and

An important thing I have learned from our class this second week of summer 2015 is that about “social class”. I've learned the terminology associating with social class and racial society. I learned how social class is very relevant throughout society. I have become more sociological mindful of my surroundings and how privileged I am. I thought it was very interesting how much I have compared to how little the average household have. According to the film “People like Us”, class can be harder to spot than racial or ethnic differences, yet in many ways it's the most important predictor of what kind of financial and educational opportunities someone will have in life. But class is a hard subject to talk about in a society like ours, where the