june 30 th sign in, deposit participation cards white privilege exercise lecture 6: social...
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June 30th
Sign in, deposit participation cards White Privilege Exercise Lecture 6: Social Stratification Homework:
Read Threads: Chapter 10 Homework #3 due next Wednesday
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Understanding the Construction of Difference: Power & Privilege Gender, race and sexuality are one of the
primary ways that power and privilege are exercised in American society Privilege emerges from the social positions we
occupy and not from innate qualities of individuals
Privilege: one’s social position in society is seen as “normal” and objective Who is an “American”?
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McIntosh: Invisible Privileges “As a white person, I realized I had been taught
about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage.”
Types of Privileges according to McIntosh: positive advantage: one that all individuals in society
should have
negative advantage: one that can only be gained at the expense of others
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Individual exercise:
Take about 10-15 minutes and write a list of at least 5 privileges that you think you carry around in an invisible knapsack. These privileges can be based on the following structures of privilege:
White privilege Male privilege Physical Ability Privilege Heterosexual Privilege Religious Privilege Other?
For each privilege explain if this privilege is a positive advantage (one that all individuals in society should have) or a negative advantage (one that can only be gained at the expense of others)? Explain.
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Understanding Privilege
Structures of privilege are often invisible to us “I was taught to see racism only in individual acts
of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group”
Individuals with privilege are not responsible for the circumstances that brought them privilege, but they are responsible for how they respond to it
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Intersectionality
We need to understand the experience of individuals at the intersection of:
Gender: social differences to people of different sexes
Sexuality: sexual identity and sexual orientation
Race: classification of individuals based on their physical characteristics
Class: social and economic standing in society
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Lecture Six
Social Stratification: What determines our life chances?
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Stratification
Social Stratification: hierarchical classification of society’s members based on: Resources Power Authority Prestige
Important to understand stratification because: Determines access to resources and rewards in society Life experiences and opportunities
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Social Status Our social status or status positions in society are
largely determined by the system of stratification in a society
Achieved status positions – earned through our efforts
Ascribed status positions – we are born into
Master status positions – priority over all other positions, usually determine ones position in the system of stratification
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Caste: Closed-System
Social status is bestowed for life Rigid social positions with the limited social
mobility
Caste systems based on Race Apartheid South Africa (1948-1994)
Political and economic system
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Johannesburg
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Soweto Township
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Class: Open-System
Class System: positions are based on economics and achievement
Social mobility: movement from one class to another Upward and Downward
Social Class intersects with other social categories Gender, race/ethnicity, immigrant status, geography
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US: Mixed-class System
Even though we believe that we are pure class system, we are a mixed class system both ascribed and achieved characteristics
determine class position
Opportunity structure: what opportunities are available to different individuals and groups depending on their position in the overall social structure of society
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Opportunity Structure
WealthHigh Income
Good Neighborhood Good Schools
Good JobsAccess to Health Care
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→ → → →
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Barriers to Mobility?
Social Exclusion: cut off from mechanisms that allow social mobility in a society Neighborhood/Residential Education Occupation Culture
Master Status Positions often determine ones access to resources for social mobility in American society
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The Color of Opportunity
Does race matter when ex-felons are looking for jobs? Black men whose job applications stated that they
had spent time in prison were only about one-third as likely as white men with similar applications to get a positive response.
White men who are ex-felons are more likely to be hired that black men without a criminal record
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Polarization of Income and Wealth Income: economic gain from wages (or rent)
Top 20% = 50% of total income Bottom 20% = 4% of total income
Wealth: value of all economic assets – property, income, income generating property 0.5% own 35% of nations wealth 90% at bottom own 28% of national wealth
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The Color of Poverty Higher rates of poverty among non-whites
White- 8% Black – 25% Hispanic – 22% American Indian – 25%
Average white family has a net worth 7 times that of the average Black family This gap has grown since the 1960’s
The wealth gap accounts for many of the racial inequities Racial disparities almost disappear when economic
resources are equal