Read chapter 8 : social stratification.
Open Textbookhttps://open.lib.umn.edu sociology,
Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World then answers these questions.
All answers should include examples and references to illustrate your understanding of class material.
All plagiarism from your textbook or from outside sources NEEDS to be cited.
1) Where can we find stratification in the United States?
2) What, if anything, should the United States and the United Nations try to do about the slavery that still exists in todays world?
3) What are the arguments for each theoretical perspective on social stratification? Which one of these theories makes the most sense to you? Why?
4) What is socio-economic status? Why is it so important in determining someone’s life chance?
5) What is economic inequality? How do we know economic inequality exist in this country?
6) It is Thanksgiving dinner, and your family and other relatives are gathered around a very large table. Having taken a few sociology courses, you subscribe to the structural explanation for poverty presented in this chapter. One of your cousins asks if you have any career plans after college, and you reply that youre thinking of becoming a community activist in your home state to help the poor deal with the many problems they have. Your cousin is surprised to hear this and says that poor people are just lazy and dont like to work. A silence sets over the table, and everyone is staring at you, wondering what you will say in response to your cousin. What do you say?
7) watch these middle ground videos on youtube ( middle ground : rich and poor people seek to understand each other) and (middle ground pro-wall vs undocumented immigrants: Can they agree) explain your feelings toward the video. Were there any questions that stood out the most to you? How does your video relate to this section?
*Remember, the middle ground clips are meant to provide several perspectives on controversial social issues. You may or may not agree with anyone within these episodes. Use your sociological imagination to try to understand why each individual has the opinion that they have to guide your thought process while watching.**
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