SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Trailer Trash
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Class: more fluid system, allow for more mobility between social class categories, people in theory can be born in a lower class and rise up to the upper class. Caste: a person born in a caste system (social mobility is not possible) has no opportunity to escape this position in this lifetime inherit their life status for the rest of their life. Stories of rising up the social ladder and achieving material prosperity. Most people tend to say they are middle class. Being part of the middle class suggests you are part of the broad american center, life is not too hard, you share a lot of values with other people, the american dream is not too far within reach. A taboo to be part of the upper class. People are expected to feel shameful that they are part of the working class or grew up in poverty.
