COMS 315 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4 & 5: Prenatal Care, Class Conflict, Social Class

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The media and schools teach racial categorization through visual and written language. Never felt stigmatized even though lived in governmental housing, teased those who rummaged through garbage. Tons of recreational things to do because of the government. Placement in social class occurs through ascription or achievement. Cultural capital: emphasis on elite universities to show better education. Social capital: using connections to get into the universities its not what you know, its who you know ; legacy admissions (children of alumni; form of affirmative action) Working class rarely have control over their jobs and don"t manage. Upper class, lower class, middle class, upper middle, under class, etc. indicates power relationships others. Networking bubble: nearly 80% of jobs are not advertised, available on the. Invisible job market that you can access by networking. Social class: an open (to some degree) stratification system that is associated with a systematically unequal allocation of resources and constraints.

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