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4 - Social Class In America!!
Watching the video I learn new things I never knew from before. It was brought to my attention that class matters a lot in the society we live in today. There's upper class, middle class and lower class. Everyone belong to a particular class, some may not know which one or even thought about it. The point is that it still exist and we should understand it even if we don't want to.
There's a lot of differences between these classes. They dress different, live in different neighborhood, different cars etc.. Some people can tell if your upper class from the house you live in. The house might be big and much more classy than others. Some people said if you have screen doors, that's consider lower class. I think that's stupid because you can't put a title on someone because of the type of door they have. Upper class people can have the same door, doesn't make them different. Even what you wear can determine your class. If you're parents are doctors, physicians or lawyers, they consider upper class. They making a certain amount of money. They don't say certain words.
In the video, working stiff is basically what you wear is not what you really are. Some people can be dress up for an interview and not be comfortable. They're not use to dressing up, so it feels weird and different. Social Critic is what society thinks of us by the way we look. In the video a female was judging people by the way they look. Everyone who passes her, she would give them a title. Ex: Dorky, Ghetto, Lower Class, Upper Class. She can be right or wrong, i guess that's what society thinks of us based on our appearance. Social Climber having too many children or driving a cheap car. Basically down grading people on their negative or positive outcome.
We are surrounded by many people. Some people make categories for us. People would go out their way to fit in to a group or school. Why should you go out your way to do something like that, WHY society wont accept us they way we are. We can be divided by class, Where we live, what school you go to etc .. If you didn't go to a rich school like Harvard for example, we not smart enough or don't meet certain requirements. Question is What are those requirements? I guess it reveals different things about us.
Bud Or Bordeaux
We make choices and we have the right to do so. What we surround our selves with says a lot about our status. All the classes have different stores. If you want more expensive things, you can go to the upper class store. Everything belongs in that store for a reason. We're catergorize and we don't know it. Some people feel limited by a certain class. A class can be determined by how the way we stand. Upper class people stand 16-19 inches apart. Why do all that just to different your self from everybody else? Most of the times its not all about money.
Salt of the Earth
Simply about the working class. Work to earn your money to survive. Pat Gulden is a working class person. Works selling lawn ornaments. Sells them at a reasonable price so everyone can afford them.
Friends in low places
Acting different when their from a different place. Why can't we all act the same? Whats the reasons to act different? I ask my self these questions.
Belonging
Fitting in to an area might not be a good thing to do. You want to belong somewhere and make sure you feel comfortable in that area.
IF YOU'RE NO SATISFIED BY YOUR CLASS, CHANGE IT!!
In the chapter, Like Davis and Moore said Its important to rank people in society. So having these different classes can be very important. Everything is based on how were ranked, which is called stratification. Based on the reading Positive Functions of the Undeserving Poor: Uses of the Underclass in America. What is poverty? There can be several answers to that question. It can be determined by the nature, the people, and interests. Poverty have negative and positive outcomes. Poor people do certain things to make them stand out. Getting involve in street crimes, breaking norms meaning bearing a child out of wedlock. The reading expands our knowledge on the importance of the poor Undeserving.Differences between the poor and wealthy in our society. Think about the 13 points of poor people that have a positive effect on society.
- 1. Risk reduction
- 2. Scapegoating and displacement
- 3. Economic banishment and the reserve army of labor
- 4. Supplying illegal goods
- 5. Job creation
- 6. Moral legitimation
- 7. Norm reinforcement
- 8. Supplying popular culture villains
- 9. Institutional scapegoating
- 10. Conservative power shift
- 11. Spatial purification
- 12. Reproduction of stigma and the stigmatized
- 13. Extermination of the surplus
EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT,PAY MORE ATTENTION TO IT !!
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