SOCIOL 1A06 Chapter Notes -Erik Olin Wright, Gerhard Lenski, Working Poor
20 Aug 2013
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Meritocracy trumps inequality structures if you work hard enough and are determined enough, you will succeed. Poor people are lazy and don"t want to work. Majority of people that are poor are working poor. Ehrenreich, nickel and dimed worked minimum wage jobs and wanted to see if she could survive. If she could pay rent and afford to eat. The higher your social class, the higher your emotional, mental, and physical health. Poor babies are more likely to have low birth weight. People with higher incomes are overall more healthy. The stress of low money causes many of the diseases. Davis and moore inequality is not only inevitable, but necessary. The most important positions in society must be the most highly paid. Inequality is created and maintained by one group in order to protect and enhance its own economic interests. People create inequality in their everyday interactions. Looked at things like how people communicate and body language.
