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https://canvas.pasadena.edu/courses/1114140/discussion_topics/4267410 https://canvas.pasadena.edu/courses/1114140/discussion_topics/4232798 + 2pages-essay (essay please post here as attachenement)3/7/2021 Week 5 reading response Stratification I: capitalism and class inequality https://canvas.pasadena.edu/courses/1114140/assignments/8745014 1/2 Week 5 reading response Stratification I: capitalism and class inequality Due Mar 15 by 11:59pm Points 6 Submitting an external tool Available until Mar 20 at 11:59pm Directions: Answer each question below based on your understanding of the assigned readings. Each response should be approximately 250 words, which is roughly one page double- spaced, so your completed assignment with both responses should be about 2 pages double-spaced every week. Ignoring these length requirements is the easiest way to lose points. Questions are worth 3 points each, for a total of 6 points. Please NUMBER each response. Readings: Khan textbook, Chapter 4 Questions: 1) Explain how the data presented in Figures 5, 6 and 7 (on pages 16, 17, and 18 respectively) relate to the trend we see in Figure 4 on page 13. What do these findings suggest about the prospects for upward socio-economic mobility in the US today? 2) Class is both an ascribed status and an achieved status, and class position is also influenced by other statuses. Explain your understanding of this in reference to two patterns you can identify in Table 4 on page 20. Grading Rubric These are analytical reading questions - I am asking you to complete the reading, to think about its meaning and significance, and to begin to apply key concepts from this reading. These are NOT opinion questions, and they are not questions that Google can answer. To earn full credit, be sure to demonstrate a real engagement with the ideas from the assigned reading. Please do not quote from the readings - translate everything into your own words. If your discussion of the ideas is lacking - i.e. it is superficial or vague, and/or shorter than the required length - I will deduct a portion of the points and explain this deduction in the Comments section of the assignment. If it is clear to me that you did not complete the reading, your response will earn zero points. As always, any submissions containing plagiarism will receive zero points. 3/7/2021 Week 5 reading response Stratification I: capitalism and class inequality https://canvas.pasadena.edu/courses/1114140/assignments/8745014 2/2 Week 5 reading response Stratification I: capitalism and class inequality Upload Submission You have no active papers in this assignment Do not upload any documents made with “Pages” software (commonly on IPhones) to Canvas - it is incompatible.Social Class, Inequality, & Poverty Peter Kaufman, State University of New York at New Paltz Todd Schoepflin, Niagara University Social Class, Inequality, & Poverty Page 2 Social Class, Inequality, & Poverty P E T E R K A U F M A N , S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W Y O R K A T N E W P A L T Z T O D D S C H O E P F L I N , N I A G A R A U N I V E R S I T Y SOCIAL CLASS The social class structure of the United States Is social class ascribed or achieved? Social mobility INEQUALITY The grow ing gap betw een the poor and t he rich United States ine quality in global c ontext POVERTY What is poverty? Characteristics of the poor The w or king poor and t he jobless poor Homelessness The i mportance o f affordable hous ing Social Class, Inequality, & Poverty Page 3 INTRODUCTION  Why do sociologists study social class inequality? I was raised in a poor household. My mom is a Hispanic single mother on welfare who lacks formal education. My father was an Italian immigrant who died of alcoholism. I grew up with my mom’s side of the family. Among most of my family tobacco and alcohol use were prominent. Marijuana and cocaine were also used frequently. The most successful thing I ever witnessed anyone in my family do was join the army or graduate high school. Working was hardly the trend in my family. My diet consisted of mostly unhealthy foods: fried meats, sauces loaded with salt, pork fat, greasy snacks, lots of soda, and microwaveable food items. If I saw anything green on my plate I thought, “eww disgusting” and I wouldn’t touch it. Not surprisingly, I was overweight for much of my childhood and adolescence. And with all of the second-hand smoke I breathed in I also developed asthma. When I was 18, my mother kicked me out of the house and I moved in with the family of a rich, white, friend of mine. This family had a different position in life on so many levels. They had different interests, concerns, and ways of doing things. It all seemed so foreign to me. For example, they were very health conscious. They had foods and products in their home that I had never seen or heard of before. The parents even took time to exercise daily. And they had lots of books in the home which they actually read. Although the way they lived seemed strange to me I also knew that the lifestyle of this family allowed them to have many more possibilities than I could ever imagine in my upbringing. This excerpt comes from an essay written by Alejandro (Alex) Russo, a student in one of our sociology classes.1 This brief autobiographical sketch captures many of the themes that we discuss in this chapter. It also offers a snapshot of how social class has a significant impact on our lives. As Alex suggests, social class influences our goals and aspirations, our potential and possibilities, our lifestyle choices and