SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: George Carlin, Social Stratification, Meritocracy
12 Apr 2016
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Even the bodies were dealt sill with social class :coins, bags, put on ice. Society structured by inequitable distribuion of economic resources. Social straiicaion: hierarchical ranking o people into diferent economic groups. The social (class) inequaliies that characterise canadian society are as stark and deeply rooted as you will ind anywhere in the world . Average salary of richest 10% is 82 imes that of the poorest 10% Average ceo"s salary: 774 imes that of minimum wage workers. 10% of canadian families lived below the poverty line. Criical income inequaliies exist over ime and place. Video clip talks about wealth in the usa. Using graphs to show how much money the lower, middle and upper class make. How do we explain income inequaliies in our society. Talks about how the richest people want people to be obedient and just work so that they make more money. Must be a universal necessity for economic straiicaion.
