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Social Class Analysis Number you paper #1-13 Look at the following pictures. To which social class does the person belong? Provide a reason for each Upper Class Middle Class Working Class Lower Class

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Social Stratification, Social Class, and Ethnicity

Social Stratification A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy based on their access to scarce resources. Looking Up

Four Basic Principles of Social Stratification: It is a characteristic of society, not simply a reflection of individual differences. It persists over generations. It is universal but variable. It involves not just inequality but beliefs. Constitutional Peasant

Cultural beliefs serve to justify social stratification. That is part of the reason why it persists.

Types of Stratification Systems Caste System- social stratification based on ascribed status. India and South Africa Class System- social stratification based on achieved status.

Status: Position in society Ascribed born into or comes without effort e.g., kinship, race, gender Achieved must work to get

People in the US are stratified based on the following: Income Prestige Wealth Education Power

Income Wages or salaries from work and earnings from investments. Distribution of Income in the US Top 5th 47% Next 5th 24% Third 5th 16% Fourth 5th 10% Bottom 5th 4%

Race and Ethnicity people define a group as a race based in part on physical characteristics, but also on historical, cultural (religious) and economic factors Often an ideology constructed by the dominant or majority group

Social mobility Intergenerational mobility—change in social position of children relative to their parents Intragenerational mobility—change in social position of a person within their life

Institutional Discrimination Denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups that result from the normal operations of a society Bank loan policy that single women (or African Americans) are poor lending risks Zoning policies that require large lots Other examples?