SOCL 2001 Chapter : Hjk
Document Summary
Inequality is larger than other states in la. Decreasing wages, working poor, and minimum wages: after inflation, minimum wage decreasing, many work full time, but not enough to support family (working poor) Feminization of poverty and family structure: 1/3 of families with single mothers are living in poverty 31, two parents- 6% Social mobility: compared to your parents, having a decrease or increase in salary. /not clear-cut: makes your understanding of society somewhat biased, not clearly defined; for convenience of classifying, sociological because biologically we are all the same. Ethnicity: based on origin or shared cultural identity. Asian/latin american: based on shared cultural identity; different ethnic backgrounds, hispanics most likely to lose background. Race/ethnicity: distribution in us: based on us census 2010 64% white ; 2050-46% white (remaining in dominant position) Ethnic work to identify or stay away from particular ethnicity: ethnic work ex: guessing ethnicity based on sound of name, some choose to hide ethnic identity.
