Social Inequality
Section I - Dimensions of Social Inequality
Begin by identifying yourself on the dimensions commonly associated with social inequalities: social class (income, wealth, (current and intended) education level, occupational prestige (associated with current or planned career), race, ethnicity, and gender. In addition, you might also identify yourself on dimensions associated with less traditional inequalities, such as national origin,, sexual identity or preference, age, weight, able-bodiedness, and so forth. Explain where you fit and how that affects the life chances for you and others like you. Use theoretical concepts and empirical findings from class materials, other relevant research, and archival data sources to describe and analyze your “place” in the world. Why do you think our society stratifies individuals and groups on these dimensions and not others? Use important theoretical concepts to perform this analysis. Discuss how various ideas might be synthesized to produce a better explanation
The first section of my essay will be on the different dimensions of Social Inequality. Let me first start off by telling you more about myself. Let me start by saying I am one of the many Americans who believe that we do and are broken into social classes. Although social classes are not as obvious to see since we are able to hide are class if we want to. I do believe that social classes do break down Americans into further categories but I think this is for the betterment of human kind. Using the socioeconomic criteria of income, education, and occupation by Gilbert (2003), my family is in the upper middle class region. This is not only by monetary amounts but also to include my wives degree in Nursing, along with my Associates Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology. We are both in the Air Force and will obtain the rank of Master Sergeant (E7) this Spring which is a Senior Non-Commissioned (SNCO) position. She is currently in charge of a clinic which included
Begin by identifying yourself on the dimensions commonly associated with social inequalities: social class (income, wealth, (current and intended) education level, occupational prestige (associated with current or planned career), race, ethnicity, and gender. In addition, you might also identify yourself on dimensions associated with less traditional inequalities, such as national origin,, sexual identity or preference, age, weight, able-bodiedness, and so forth. Explain where you fit and how that affects the life chances for you and others like you. Use theoretical concepts and empirical findings from class materials, other relevant research, and archival data sources to describe and analyze your “place” in the world. Why do you think our society stratifies individuals and groups on these dimensions and not others? Use important theoretical concepts to perform this analysis. Discuss how various ideas might be synthesized to produce a better explanation
The first section of my essay will be on the different dimensions of Social Inequality. Let me first start off by telling you more about myself. Let me start by saying I am one of the many Americans who believe that we do and are broken into social classes. Although social classes are not as obvious to see since we are able to hide are class if we want to. I do believe that social classes do break down Americans into further categories but I think this is for the betterment of human kind. Using the socioeconomic criteria of income, education, and occupation by Gilbert (2003), my family is in the upper middle class region. This is not only by monetary amounts but also to include my wives degree in Nursing, along with my Associates Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology. We are both in the Air Force and will obtain the rank of Master Sergeant (E7) this Spring which is a Senior Non-Commissioned (SNCO) position. She is currently in charge of a clinic which included