People Like Us

While watching "People Like Us", it made me open my eyes in so many ways.  I always knew their were more than one social classes, lower class, and high class.  I never thought the one in between made any difference, because you were always going to be viewed as rich or poor.  Seeing how the adults and teens view people and put them in different classes such as: preppy, low class, nerds, and ghetto, other than their self pissed me off.  In the beginning of the video people were categorized by other people , and put in a social class by the way they walked, talked, dressed, which seemed so wrong and harsh.  The video go as far as saying certain food we eat is considered what social class you belong to, for me I love "Wonder Bread" I am just saying.  While the video had some interesting parts their was one sad part.  The Single Mother busting her butt at Burger King to take care of her kids, and her oldest son who was extremely disrespectful and thought that he was in abetter social class than his family because of the way he dressed, was popular, and received a good number of awards.  The fact is he is already labeled as lower class "poor" because his mother is he is just in denial.

Deviance

Deviance is concerned with the process whereby actions, beliefs or conditions come to be viewed as deviant by others. Deviance can be observed by the negative, stigmatizing social reaction of others towards these phenomena. Criminal behavior, such as theft, can be deviant, but other crimes attract little or no social reaction, and cannot be considered deviant examples drinking on the corner, sagging your pants. I live in Harlem and their is so much deviance and unfortunately nothing is done about it until it gets out hands like drugs, guns, fighting, and those young adults/adults who ride dirt bikes and four wheeler in the street all spring and summer long. The point is no matter where in the world/society we live in their is always going to be deviance.

Social Stratification Chapter Seven

In the article Positive Functions of the Undeserving Poor: Uses of the Underclass in America, By Herbert J. Gans, and Chapter Seven Social Stratification talks about how society ranks categories of people in society and by their economic status. Which goes into three major premises: Power, Prestige, and Property. But with social stratification comes social inequality which in terms deals with the haves and the have-nots. Social Stratification does not last forever it is not premant it is subjected to change. For example an lower class or poor person can when the lottery for millions of dollar and never have to worry about not having because their social class changed for the better. The bottom line is social stratification affects people's live and can be manifested in various ways in society.