Participant Observation
• Participation in a culture while observing it
Social class Determinants
• Wealth – money & property
•Power – ability to assert your will over people
• Prestige – respect you are given
• Teachers: high prestige, low power & wealth
• Trump: high wealth & power, low prestige
Middle class is a myth
• Upper class and a lower class exist. 500 people own 98% of the wealth in US, everyone
else owns 2% of it
CEOs make 300x the average worker
Poor people live in mostly rural areas
12.5% of workforce is unionized
Family income closely predicts SAT/ACT scores
160,000 children die from hunger each day worldwide
Us military budget is equal to the next 20 countries combined
50% of the world lives on less than $750 a year
Three wealthiest people = 48 poorest countries
37 million people in the US live in poverty
Minorities are 60% more likely to be declined for mortgages
1.2% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women
3,500,000 millionaires in the US
Wealthy student perform worse in high-poverty schools than poor students at low-poverty
schools
1,250 trillion was spent on corporate welfare
Less than 1% of the budget in US is allocated to welfare and less than 1% to Social Security
Conflict Theory
• Does not advocate for anything just states what the reality is. States that middle class is a
myth based on wealth, power, and prestige. Inequality creates conflict
Intersectionality
• Class, gender, race, sexuality are all connected and influence each other
Prejudice
•Thoughts (positive or negative) on a certain group or individual
Discrimination
• Actions (positive or negative) on a certain group or individual based on thoughts
Respect
• No sociology definition, unique for everyone
Racism
• Prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone of a different race
based on the belief that one’s own race is superior
Sexism, ageism, classism, homophobia, religious discrimination
Queer Theory
•Everyone is on a spectrum of gayness, no one is 100% anything.
IRB
• Internal Review Board. Asks who, what, where, why, and is there harm?
Bessy Coleman
