SOCI 1311 1st Edition Lecture 19 Chapter 10 Social Class in the United States I Dimensions of Social Inequality a Income Dimensions a i consists of wages from work and earnings from investments a ii U S Society has more income inequality than most other industrial societies b Wealth Dimension b i consists of money and other assets but minus debts b ii distributed unequally even more than income in the U S b iii Only 20 percent of U S People enjoy 50 of all the wealth c Power Dimension c i also unequally distributed d Occupational Dimension d i puts you in a social status d ii Source of social prestige d iii evaluate each other by what we do e Education e i Schooling affects education II Social Stratification and Birth a Ancestry a i Family point of entry into the system b Gender b i on average women have less income wealth and occupational prestige than These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute men II Historically English have enjoyed the most wealth and Power in US JJ Why the English d i Fore fathers d ii Accessed US through military prowess d iii established initial social stratification system III Social Classes in the US a 1 upper upper Anglo Saxon protestants ascribed wealth a i Rockefeller inherited b 5 lower upper working rich achieved b i The working and the new rich enjoy old money standards b ii Bill gates Oprah Kennedy Family Bill Cosby Jordan b iii Usually excluded from certain organizations clubs of the old rich c 45 Upper and Lower Middle less prestigious white collar highly skilled blue collar jobs d 33 Working Class 1 3 of population blue collar 20 Lower Class low low income Jobs
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