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structured systems of social inequality
(different people have different access to resources) |
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| the annual income below which you are considered officially poor |
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| government computes the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet, and then they multiply that number by 3. |
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| What are some criticisms of the poverty line? |
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1. Cost of living varies geographically
2. Formula is outdated → housing is most expensive today,
3. Ignores differences between people → healthcare expenses, depending on your medical needs, your healthcare expenses are completely different.
4. It misses entire groups of people → Homeless; the poverty line is based on US Census which does not count people who are not part of a “household” setting, such as homeless, institutionalized (prisoners, nursing home, etc), unauthorized immigrant.
5. Does not adjust for Inflation. |
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| According to the poverty line, how many Americans are considered officially poor? |
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| Who are poor in the U.S.? |
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| Hispanics, Blacks, Single Moms, Immigrants, Children |
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| video: Camden, NJ (poor children) |
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| they still have dreams and goals, even though their environment and surroundings may shape them otherwise |
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| What are some consequences of being poor? |
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| If you are an officially poor child, you are more likely to die. Low Health & Low Education/IQs. |
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| How do many people in the U.S. view the poor? |
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| SOCIAL DARWINISM AND INDIVIDUALISM: If you’re not making it, it’s your own fault, REFUSAL TO WORK, and WELFARE DEPENDENCY, and RACE ETHNICITY. |
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| For refuse to work: Those people working paid jobs, why are they still in poverty? |
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| They usually earn federal minimal wage, and it is not enough to cover their bills. |
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| What does TANF stand for? |
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| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
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| Who signed TANF into law and when? |
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| President Clinton in 1996. |
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1. Block grant: US gives $16 billion to divide between all states.
2. Work Requirement: You have to get a job within 2 years of receiving assistance.
3. Lifetime Cap: You can receive welfare for no more than 5 years total in your lifetime.
4. Family Cap: If you have child while receiving welfare, the government will not increase the amount of money you are getting.
5. Citizenship (must be citizen). |
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| What is Welfare Dependency? |
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| stereotype is that poor people will be on welfare forever. |
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| Why is Welfare Dependency a myth? |
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TANF Law does not support this opinion
1. Block grant: US gives $16 billion to divide between all states.
2. Work Requirement: You have to get a job within 2 years of receiving assistance.
3. Lifetime Cap: You can receive welfare for no more than 5 years total in your lifetime.
4. Family Cap: If you have child while receiving welfare, the government will not increase the amount of money you are getting.
5. Citizenship (must be citizen). |
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| How does corporate welfare work? |
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i. MONEY STAYS AT THE TOP OF CORPORATION, SO IT DOESN’T BENEFIT US.
1. In 1980, the average CEO was making about 42X more than avg worker.
2. 1990 the average CEO was making about 96X more than avg worker
3. 2005 the average CEO was making 411X more than avg worker.
ii. PAYS TO OUTSOURCE!
1. 2004, avg CEO was making $8 million/year income alone. The CEOs at the companies that were employing outside of the US were making $10-11 million.
iii. THESE CEOS WILL ALSO MAKE THIS MONEY IN RETIREMENT. |
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| Does corporate welfare benefit our overall economy? |
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| No, money stays at the top of the corporation |
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| "Most poor people in the US are black" True or False. |
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False, most poor people are “white” because there are more whites in the USA.
Being a minority ups your risk. |
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| What are sociological explanations of poverty? |
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| Institutional discrimination and Political economy. |
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| What is institutional discrimination? |
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customary ways of doing things and structural arrangements systematically disadvantage poor people.
(Things are set up systematically to make things a lot harder for you if you don’t have money) |
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| What is political economy? |
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| Basically talking about your economical structure. |
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| What are myths about poor people? |
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| Refusal to work, welfare dependency, and race-ethnicity |
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| social status is bestowed for life. Everyone's social status is based on personal characteristics that are considered unchangeable. (physical characteristics, skin color, parental religion, parental caste) |
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| What are the four ways that class systems differ from caste systems? |
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1. Class systems are fluid (boundaries are never clear cut)
2. Class positions are in some part achieved (not given at birth)
3. Class is economically based (possession of material resources.
4. Class systems are large scale and impersonal. (not related to personal relationships or slave and master) |
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| refers to opinions or attitudes held by members of one group toward another based on preconceived views of direct evidence or new information. "Stereotyping" or thinking in terms of inflexible categories. |
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| refers to ACTUAL BEHAVIOR toward another group. Involves excluding or restricting members of some group from opportunities that are available to other groups. DOES NOT necessarily derive from prejudice. |
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| the systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group. The most extreme and devastating form of group relations. |
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