We Watched As A Class

When individuals decided to get involve in those type of activities many of them do it for specific reasons. For example, people join gang for acceptance, protection, and some are forced into it, because of their family are gang affiliated. Gangs partake endlessly in finding different method for individuals to more effectively get the things they want, particularly power. Therefore, people that are easily influenced tends to gravitate toward gang activities for recognition in the community. According to Goldman, Giles, & Hogg (2014), “Gang members’ actions impact other gang members as well as the wider community; everyone is at risk of being a victim of gang violence” (p. 825). Gang violence goes further than racial issue, but it more intensely touches African American and Latino communities.

2. What concept refers to a social position that is received at birth or involuntarily assumed later in life?

While class groups do not constitute communities, according to Weber, status groups normally are communities (108). Status is defined as the likelihood that life chances are determined by social honour, or, prestige. Status groups are linked by a common lifestyle, and the shared aspects of social life held to high importance to that status group. Wealth is not necessarily the primary cause of status, though

Even though gangs provide a sense of support, the "values" instilled in members are horribly dangerous to society. Murders and drive-by shottings go unpunished more often than not in areas like the Henry Horner Homes. Gangs have become powerful enough that high-ranking members who are forced to face the law are protected by high-priced attorneys and investigators (163).

A person’s status is something that is demonstrated in The Breakfast Club (TBC). A status is a position in society that comes with a set of expectations. Everyone in TBC Has a status that they want to maintain, and that is one of the stressors in all of their lives. They talk about whether they will acknowledge each other when they see each other at school. They’ve obviously all become a lot closer to each other due to the Saturday school, but they all have statuses to maintain amongst their peers.

5. of or relating to human culture, particularly as a body separated into classes as indicated by status: social rank."

You provided very concrete examples from the text to differentiate between the statuses. I'm wondering how mass media and your peer groups have influence on you? I like that you mentioned that though we have certain ascribed statuses they can be altered. Which can lead to certain achieved statuses if the ascribed status is seen as hampering our wanted achieved status. By altering our ascribed status this can lead to society believing that we have a master status that naturally we may not have.

The Social Work Dictionary defines a social problem as “a condition among people leading to behaviors that violate some people’s values and norms and cause emotional or economic suffering”. The above definition accurately describes the social problem that gangs are, and their impact on a community. People who live in gang infested neighborhoods live daily with fears of losing their lives and the lives of loved ones. That fear, along with the fear that their family members will join the gang, or that they will be physically harmed in some way by the gang. They may exhibit many emotional, psychological and physical problems that people who don’t live in gang infested neighborhoods do not. Since before the 1940’s law enforcement and others have attempted to put a stop to gangs. These solutions usually hampered gang activity but didn’t eradicate it. Gangs evolve their practices over time to adjust to law enforcement tactics. Today gangs are involved in sex trafficking rather than drug dealing. Sex trafficking is easier to hide, more profitable and has less legal ramifications.

According to sociologists, a status describes the position a person occupies in a particular setting. There are two types of status, ascribed and achieved, both which exist in every society. An ascribed status is one which is assigned, or given to you at birth. For the most part it is related to an individual’s race, gender, religion, sort of like a caste system. This type of status is more rigid and harder to change. In the other hand, an achieved status is one which is earned. It is based on the individual’s abilities, capabilities and potential.

group. These formal groups are available in almost every form of social organization, and same applies

Status is Relational. Status is relational. It is based on the comparison of two or more actors in relation to their possession of cultural status symbols. One actor can be of higher or lower status when compared to another actor on the basis of their possession of key status characteristics.

This refers to the organization of the significance of a person based on their social status.

2. Sociological Concept: The book defines in-group as, “a category of people who share a common identity and sense of belonging” (Witt,

It is said that humans are social beings and we want to connect with other people, therefore it should come as no surprise that social interaction is an essential part of our everyday lives. Social interaction is a dynamic sequence of social actions between two or more individuals or groups and the foundation of social structures. Social structures are patterns that guide our behaviour in everyday life and there are two building blocks of social structure, status and role. A status is a culturally defined social position that is a part of our social identity that defines our relationship to others. Statuses can be ascribed, achieved or master. An ascribed status is fixed and involuntary, it is a status we are often born into such as

A Group is composed by 2 or more individuals, who come together to accomplish a particular task or