Class and Classism

Includes: sources of social class (internal), influences on social class (external), types of classism, US class structure, wealth distribution, and rankings of occupational prestige

Transcript

1. Class & Classism Photo by Doug Rickard: A New American Picture
2. 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Economic Equality, 1913-2015 Robert Putnam, The Upswing
3. SEE, THINK, WONDER
6. By Bruno Iyda Saggese “The Romanticization of the Quarantine is a Class Privilege”
8. “Two-thirds of deceased health care workers for whom the project has data identified as people of color. Lower- paid workers who handled everyday patient care, including nurses, support staff and nursing home employees, were far more likely to die in the pandemic than physicians were.”
9. Class & Classism
10. Doug Rickard: 1968-2021
11. Photo by Doug Rickard: A New American Picture
12. Photo by Doug Rickard: A New American Picture
13. PBS NewsHour interview with Doug Rickard (7:11)
14. SOURCES of Class “internal”
15. Direct link The Four Components of Class
16. Social Capital
17. Human Capital
22. “One-third of the children of the very richest families scored a 1300 or higher on the SAT, while less than 5 percent of middle-class students did…. Relatively few children in the poorest families scored that high; just one in five took the test at all.”
23. Human Capital
24. Human Capital
25. Human Capital
26. Cultural Capital
27. Cultural Capital
28. socialization via Cultural Capital (sources)
29. socialization via (SCHOOLS) Cultural Capital (sources)
30. Cultural Capital (sources) socialization via
31. (PEERS) Cultural Capital (sources) socialization via
32. Cultural Capital (sources) socialization via
33. (FAMILY) Cultural Capital (sources) socialization via
34. INFLUENCES on Class “external”
35. Group of Origin
36. Peer Group
37. Group of Aspiration
38. TYPES of Classism
39. UPWARD Classism
40. UPWARD Classism
41. DOWNWARD Classism
42. LATERAL Classism
43. INTERNALIZED Classism
44. link
45. U.S. Class Structure
46. % of Population Occupation Education Social Class 1% Investors and heirs, a few top executives Prestigious university CAPITALIST CLASS 15% Professionals and upper managers College or university, often with postgrad degree UPPER MIDDLE CLASS 34% Semiprofessionals and lower managers, craftspeople, foremen High school or college; often apprenticeship LOWER MIDDLE CLASS
47. % of Population Occupation Education Social Class 30% Factory workers, clerical workers, low-paid retail sales, craftspeople High school WORKING CLASS 16% Laborers, service workers, low-paid salespeople Some high school WORKING POOR 4% Unemployed and part-time, on government aid Some high school UNDERCLASS SOURCE: James Henslin, Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach
48. Direct link The Four Components of Class
49. Income Inequality 3:35
50. Income Inequality By Mark Jay
51. Wealth: “Who gets what?” 6:23
52. Wealth Distribution, 2019
53. Wealth & Education
54. Wealth & Race (Black)
55. Wealth & Race (LatinX)
56. Wealth, Education & Race (no college)
57. Wealth, Education & Race (college)
58. America’s Most Prestigious Professions TOP 11 Occupation
59. 1. Doctor 2. Military Officer 3. Firefighter 4. Scientist 5. Nurse 6. Engineer 7. Police Officer 8. Priest / Minister / Clergy 9. Architect 10.Athlete 11.Teacher
60. They pay more They require more education They entail more abstract thought They offer greater autonomy
61. America’s Least Prestigious Professions BOTTOM 11
62. 1. Garbage Collector 2. Waiter / Waitress 3. Bartender 4. Bellhop 5. Lives on public aid 6. Bill Collector 7. Factory Worker 8. Janitor 9. Gas Station Attendant 10.Shoe Shiner 11.Street Sweeper
63. They pay less They require less preparation or education They involve more physical labor They are more closely supervised