Poverty & The Economy

1. What is the definition of poverty? What the factors and characteristics of poverty?

2. Define the difference between wealth and income?

3. Is poverty linked to the government? Why or Why not?

4. What is the trickle down, and what happened to it?

5. When you hear "race to the Bottom" what does it mean and what does it refer to?

6. What is Globalization?

7. What is capitalism? What does it mean when the individual can own anything? What is the main drive of capitalism?

8. Who talked about the free market system? What is mean by the invisible hand?

9. When talking about capitalism what is it meant by friend or foe and what is the main point? When do we see friend or foe? Are Labor unions friend or foe? When talking about capitalism how do they view labor unions?

10. What is the difference between an achieved status vs an ascribed status?

11. Is social mobility classified as an achieved or ascribed status? Explain by stating if it truly exists?

12. Explain the difference between minimum wage vs. livable wage and how that would then relate to poverty?

13. What is the main purpose of social capital? Do social networks have value and what do they refer to? What is social cohesion?

14. What is cultural capital and how does it improve the world?

Social Stratification

1. What is the difference between race and ethnicity? Are they really different or can they be used interchangeable? Which one changes over time?

2. What do ethnic groups share?

3. Race is said that people have similar what?

4. When talking about race what is meant when it is socially constructed?

5. What is it meant when stating that one racial group is superior than another race?

6. Define color-blind racism, white privilege and model minority? Give examples of each.

7. What system is used when stating white men are higher than black woman? How do we categorize people? What is meant when we categorize them?

8. When we watched the three videos about racial problems in the world? What would you think is meant by being an American? Did you agree with the videos? Why or why not?

9. What is immigration? What is racial and ethnic inequality? Do you agree with it? Is it harmful?

10. Describe the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

11. When talking about stereotypes what is the difference between essentializing and reductionist?

12. When talking about biological and cultural arguments what is meant by that, how are they defined?

13. What is structural violence? What is institutional discrimination? What one is built into the social structure?

14. What is the main institutional inequality? Explain it?

15. Explain the other two institutional inequalities? How is it affecting employment and law and justice?

16. Are their debates today about racial inequality? If so describe by thinking about the immigration model.

17. What is meant by internal colonialism and immigrant minority?

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