EDUC 162 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Scapegoating, Social Darwinism, Materiel
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Getting what we ask for by charles m payne. Two categories of problems for inner-city schools. School role in reproducing hierarchical social order. Racism central or peripheral to american society. But, causal significance of have and have not relationship. Denial theories treat top and bottom as separate and independent. Opportunity but does not discuss structures creation or. Social darwinism (racial inequality attributable to god/nature) Poor should be changed, not relationship between poor and not poor. Attributes to relationship, but puts relationship in past. Opposing category to denial theories is progressive . Causal variable as ongoing that is done to bottom or causal variable standard arrangement of core social institutions. Face to face interactions between haves and have nots. Distribution of opportunity as independent variable but distribution. Attributional theories deny relationship to be analyzed. Mystical theories say there is relationship but analyze it superficially. Higher in hierarchy = less likely to be cause of social problems.
