SOC 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Distribution Of Wealth, Redlining, Economic Inequality
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Thinking like a sociologist by looking at both the individual"s and the broader community"s problems. Yes: whites choose the segregation by not buying in, or leaving (15% tipping point) No: racial/ethnic minorities do not prefer and do not choose segregated neighborhoods. Social differentiation: process of categorizing people according to come discernible or perceived difference, such as sex, sexuality, skin color, ethnicity, language, religion, culture, region of country, country of origin, social roles or occupations. Social hierarchies: hierarchies are based on any way that people divide themselves into groups or categories, and members of one group or category are accorded more status, opportunities, power, or authority than others. This is where our country applies inequality. We attached value to specific groups and distribute resources differently by this groups. Virtually all known human societies have distributed goods and opportunities unequally. Each of us have either a dominant or subordinate position in each of these forms of privilege/ oppression.
