SOC 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Sports Equipment, Institutional Racism, Sexual Orientation
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Health, homelessness, beliefs about why some people succeed, intolerance, Social class is a major predictor of health status and intersects with many character- istics. Housing has become a considerable challenge for a large part of the population. Include everything from the change to stay alive during the first year after. Vaccinations are a top reason as to why life expectancy has increased today. Impact- ed rich countries first and poor countries later. Will focus on: peoples differences in life chances. Health/housing: their differences in ways of thinking concerning social inequality. Location in class structure determines one"s consciousness ~ world view (beliefs: their differences in lifestyle and orientation to social interaction. Canada"s welcoming of muslims vs. america"s welcoming of muslims. America makes the association that muslims are terrorists so less likely to welcome them. Has changed due to high standards of living, and expansion of the healthcare system. Everything from heart disease to vision impairment; intellec- tual disability; learning disabilities.
