Social Tracks
In what ways can social tracks in the workplace impact an individual's career progression and social status?
Social tracks in the workplace refer to the different career paths or job categories people are assigned to based on factors like education, experience, or even social connections. leaving limited career growth, lower wages, and fewer opportunities for upward mobility for people with less access to education. Additionally, social tracks in the workplace can perpetuate social inequality by reinforcing the social status of individuals based on their track placement, often influenced by factors like class, race, or gender.
How to Measure Social Density?
actual ties/ possible ties
This Sociologist is famous for his book "Poverty In America", Discussing how Institutions, Labor Forces, (workforce), Housing and financial markets keep the disadvantaged stuck in a perpetual cycle of exploitation.
What is Matthew Desmond?
What does Dasani in the "Invisible Child" leave the shelter for? Ch10
What is- Dasani's acceptance into Hershey Boarding School
What is/ what does it mean to be Stigmatized?
It's a type of Discrimination where one is marked or labeled in a negative manner, treated unfairly, or disregarded by untrue Stereotypes. Treating the person as if they are inferior, unworthy, or inhumane.
How do social tracks, like the tracking system in schools, affect students' future opportunities and social mobility?
"Gifted Children" placed in advanced classes typically receive more resources, better teaching, and greater access to opportunities for higher education and professional careers. In contrast, students in lower tracks may receive less attention, and fewer opportunities for upward mobility. This system reinforces existing social inequalities, as students from privileged backgrounds are more likely to be placed in advanced classes, limiting the disadvantaged for social mobility.
Why are Opioids so addicting to people who are isolated and alone? What does it feel like?
What is - A warm hug, safety, and love.
What is Colorblind Racism, and how does it affect minorities?
Colorblind racism denies the privilege that's bestowed on a person at birth, it maintains racial inequality, influences institutions, and solidifies cultural norms.
How does the book illustrate the effects of homelessness on children and families? - (in relation to Social tracks and Mobility)
Homelessness impacts not only basic needs (food, shelter, safety) but also emotional and psychological development, such as feelings of shame, low self-esteem, and poor education. These factors contribute to the difficulties in escaping the cycle of poverty. As well as, highlighting how institutions like the public education system, and social services often fail to provide adequate support for families in these situations.
This is a discriminatory practice where insurance companies, housing markets, and financial services is denied or made inaccessible to residents of specific areas
What is Redlining?
This term is used when a teacher limits their analysis of education to what they directly observe happening in the classroom. They focus on student performance, perceptions, and attitudes to guide their self-fulfilling prophecy of accomplishment.
What is Academic Labeling? (pygmalion effect)
In the Podcast "Black Box- We Were Three", how does Marginalization contribute to Zora's Brother and Father's death?
What is- Isolation from fear, lack of access to proper healthcare, and the disproportionate impact that the pandemic had on Black communities.
Keeping in mind sociologist Matthew Desmond’s analysis of poverty in the United States, why do rental prices continue to rise even when there is enough available housing?
Landlords take advantage of the few options available to poor families.
What's an example of redlining in the book "Invisible Child"? Hint : (Loan - Housing)
What is Dasani's Grandfather Mr. Crosby's inability to secure a loan to purchase a home because his neighborhood in (Brownsville, Brooklyn) was Redlined
This word means to have unprejudiced respect between various groups in a society, allowing for minorities to express their culture freely
What is Pluralism?
The term "social mobility" describes the one generation's opportunities to improve their social and economic standing over the previous generation. What's a term describing the opposite from "social mobility" that we discussed in class?
What is- social inheritance or social reproduction?
According to Karl Marx, societies have always been split into conflicting social groups. How did he describe the major division in society during his lifetime?
Society was divided between the modern bourgeoisie and the modern working class.
How does the "Conflict Theory" explain the relationship between different social classes?
The Conflict theory explains the disproportionate social mobility between classes due to power, resources, or social status. How privilege is overlooked or obscured when you have it
How/Why Does Dasani Struggle with her Identity in her new Boarding School?
Dasani struggles with her identity as she navigates being one of the few Black students in a predominantly white, affluent environment. She faces cultural isolation, class differences, and racism, which challenge her sense of belonging.
This is the Belief that one's culture, ethnicity, or group is superior to others, judging prejudicially, and or misunderstanding them.
What is Ethnocentrism?
The article we read on Baruch College argues that Baruch is particularly good at creating opportunities for students to move up the economic ladder. What two measures are taken into account to prove this point?
Economic diversity (measured by the percentage of students eligible for federal Pell grants) and graduation rate (measured as the percentage of students graduating within five years).
In what way do Social Ties affect a person's Identity, sense of belonging, and connection to a community?
The people we interact and surround ourselves with can influence behavior and perception of ourselves. Shared identity allows for more social cohesion, and ability to make connections for less isolation.
How is Upward vs. Downward Mobility in a Social Class/Stance Affected Differently By people of opposing Class and Hierarchy?
People in positions of power may underestimate the barriers that lower-class individuals face when attempting upward mobility. For example, access to opportunities, resources, education, housing, or employment opportunities. While, people in lower classes have limited access to capital, and may feel their social status is determined by race, gender, or family background.
How does Andrea Elliott (Author) use the setting of the shelter to illustrate the dehumanizing effects of poverty on children?
The shelter is overcrowded, unsanitary, and chaotic, and the lack of privacy, constant tension, and sense of instability contribute to Dasani’s feelings of shame and helplessness. This "Shelter" invalidates their humanity, treating them as part of a system rather than as individuals with potential. Exposing children to trauma and deprivation that goes unnoticed by society.
What do we mean by "Social Status" How does it differ from Class and Caste? (mobility)
The term "social status" describes someone's position in the social hierarchy. While "class" usually refers to their economic position, "status" reflects the social position, including how much power they have. (education, citizenship) Caste also relates to Social Hierarchy, although it has the least mobility, since it's determined by birth, gender, race- Uncontrollable Factors.