SOCY 1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6, 8, and 12: Asian Americans, Hoodie
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Common belief that a person"s success is a direct reflection of how hard they work. Cannot discount progress, however, still a glass-ceiling in place: not a lot of room for upward mobility, ability to obtain home ownership, employment, education, good health, and economic security are shaped by a person"s racial identity. Inheritance plays a role in life chances: wealthy more likely to yield economic rewards than those who work hard but are poor, on average, whites inherit ,167 more than blacks (pg. 69: personal contacts are single most important advantage in obtaining employment. The problem is there is a lack of acknowledgement of past and present discrimination. In order to improve the racial hierarchy we should move society what du. Bois called abolition democracy : undergo changes in hierarchies in wealth and opportunities. Asian americans are known as the model minorities : model minorities change depending what is going on in society.
