SOCIOL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: White Trash
16 Jun 2018
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Sociology 101
Lecture 22
11/3/17
Class Dissmissed notes
- men not interested in advancing socioeconmic status
- poor work ethic
- not thinking about opportunities clearly
- two types of working class children
- smart and talented- will make it out of working class
- violent and don’t care about education - will remain in working class
- blacks trying to get out of ghetto
- latinos trying to achieve American dream
- single women being the head of their house in the 70s and 80s
- tv shows showing women not worried about money… not reality
- women were often working dead end jobs
- people don’t often rise up social economic ladder
- tv shows depicted that
- “ to change class… need to radically change economics”
- Tv shows
- show that women are smarter than their husbands
- men only interested in reading about sports and comics
- men hustling money needed to pay for rent, taxes….
- Poor white people
- rednecks
- don’t invest in stocks
- violent, fight, cheat aka white trash
- cop shows
- depict that balck people are criminal
- usually take place in ghettos
- 2.1 million people in jail
- 70% not white
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Document Summary
Men not interested in advancing socioeconmic status. Not thinking about opportunities clearly two types of working class children smart and talented- will make it out of working class violent and don"t care about education - will remain in working class. Blacks trying to get out of ghetto latinos trying to achieve american dream single women being the head of their house in the 70s and 80s tv shows showing women not worried about money not reality. Women were often working dead end jobs. People don"t often rise up social economic ladder tv shows depicted that. To change class need to radically change economics . Tv shows show that women are smarter than their husbands. Men only interested in reading about sports and comics. Men hustling money needed to pay for rent, taxes . Don"t invest in stocks violent, fight, cheat aka white trash cop shows.
