Explain the discrepancy between your subjective(what you thought your class placement is) and objective (measurable indicators of your social class) social class ? Why is it so?
This might help what is my teacher looking for .
To apply the working concept social stratification, life chances and social class
To interpret data trends on socioeconomic statuses
Demonstrate an understanding of the intersect and impact of race/ethnicity and social class on life and living
To explain the various variables used in operationalizing the concept of social class.
I’m black and I’m a member of the 1%
Duration: 7:00
User: n/a – Added: 10/14/16
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_m7Fia_v5A
How do you define middle class?
Duration: 1:54
User: n/a – Added: 2/16/11
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g32PHgtTCVs
The discussion is dependent on this video. (*The prompts are best answered using paragraphs)
The focus of this forum is to examine the ways other social statuses are interrelated to our social class positions and life chances with supporting examples.
Follow these steps:
1. Read and know the differences between two working concepts before doing anything else: Objective social class, and Subjective social class.
*2. What is your subjective social class? (Yes, it is your guess or estimation). In other words, what do think your social class is (working class/lower income, middle class/middle income, upper class/upper income)? Explain your placement–say educational attainment, occupation, estimated household income, types of property owned, location/zip code, values of property (car, home value, investments etc)
3. Next step: Take the Pew Research social class placement test:
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/09/06/are-you-in-the-american-middle-class/
or
http://fortune.com/2016/05/12/middle-class/
4. Check, examine your results–your Objective Social class placement.
*5. Is there a difference between your subjective and objective class? Explain the discrepancy between your subjective(what you thought your class placement is) and objective (measurable indicators of your social class) social class ? Why is it so?
*6. Conclude your post with a lesson learned about you–your perception and reality on social class position in the U.S. How likely is that you will attain an upward social mobility above that of your parents based on your race/ethnicity and your educational and professional/career aspirations?
*7. When asked to identify their social class, many Americans respond that they are middle class. Based on the chapter reading, why do you think that is so?
