SY210 Lecture Notes - Audre Lorde, Multiracial Americans, Bourgeoisie

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One way to thinking about social inequality, and structured inequality is to consider your participation in sy210 oc. Access to this course is not available to everyone, or even to all. To enroll, you have to be accepted as a student at wlu, and, unless you"re awarded a full scholarship, you have to pay a tuition fee. This is only one example of social inequality, or the differences among individuals or groups that affect their access to opportunities and privileges (grabb, p. 1). Social inequality takes one or more of a number of forms. It can be economic, relating to income and living standards: it can be political, allotting, for example, voting and/or representation rights to some groups and not to others: or it can be in the realm of respect or prestige. It is based on socially defined characteristics such as class, race/ethnicity, age, sexuality, dis/ability, gender, and religion.

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