Assignment Question
UNIT 3 DISCUSSION This is your discussion question Top of Form Unit 3 Discussion Welcome to your discussion forum for Introduction to Diversity Studies! read Section 3 Classism
Answer all questions below:
1. Watch the videos on Social Stratification, Social Class, and Social Mobility that are listed under “Videos” in your syllabus and your announcement about Unit 3 homework.
2. Using concepts and examples from the videos, discuss the ways that social class affects people’s experiences in life.
3. Contribute your own material! Next, write about how social class has affected your own life chances. One of the first things you might think is “my social class has not affected my life chances”*. The task here is NOT to examine whether you think that it is true that social class has affected your life chances in your opinion. Instead, your task is to assume that it is true and find an example of how the idea that social class impacts our life chances applies to your own life or the lives of people close to you.
FEEL FREE TO BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR DISCUSSION POST!
NOTE: It is certainly clear that our paths in life are not completely predetermined by external forces such as social class. Individual responsibility and motivation plays a part. However, this is a sociology class—sociologists examine the ways that our social environments, including social structure, affect our lives. This is why your task is to think about the ways that external forces affect some of the choices we make, rather than discussing individual efforts. When you are finished with this task and have examined the way that our position in the social structure affects outcomes, you may certainly comment on individual motivation for behavior and for chances for success in life.
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