SOCL 4331 Study Guide - Market Economy, Kuznets Curve, Industrial Revolution
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Chapter 3: the gordian knot of race, class, and gender. Us cultural emphasis has been on the equal standing of all members of our society. Americans are usually reluctant to use any words about class besides the vague and all- encompassing allusions to being middle class . We may be sensitive to personal bias. However, most people overlook the way the entire structure of our social system shapes our opportunities. Who we become is a result of a complex interplay between individual characteristics and our place. Our place determines which of our characteristics are encouraged, rewarded, and constrained. Our ability to connect our personal biographies to the broader sweep of history and society and to see the connections between personal troubles and social conditions. Not blaming the individual entirely, or society entirely. Intersections of race, class, and gender in the us. Courthouse lists veterans in hierarchy: whites, then lumbee indians, then african americans.