blames blacks themselves for racial inequality, subtle racism, covert racism or color-blind racism, claim to support equality while maintain negative stereotypical beliefs about minorities

discrimination against a dominant group, affirmative action-actively designed to promote one groups success. Reverse racism arguments-level the playing field, socioeconomic not racial issue, Stanley fish-cancer analogy

stereotypes have grown more complex and more ‘positive’, but have not disappeared.  Stereotypes we hold influence our behavior in direct and subtle ways, minority acceptance

people born to poor families are more likely to be poor as adults, historical effects of racism and discrimination that forced minorities into poverty may be key factor for today’s inequality

Dude, You’re a fag arguments

the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of the rest of the world

Measures the purchasing power of various currencies around the world based on the price of a Big Mac

Advantages-A wider range of goods and services is available to a much larger population than ever before, availability of goods and services

Weber’s concern about the irrationalities of formally rationalized systems.  In Weber’s view, bureaucracies are cages in the sense that people are trapped in them, their basic humanity denied.  Weber feared most that these systems would grow more and more rational and that rational principles would come to dominate an accelerating number of sectors of society.  Weber anticipated a society of people locked into a series of rational structures, who could move only from one rational system to another.  Society would become nothing more than a seamless web of rationalized structures.

Created by Frederick W. Taylor whose ideas played a key role in shaping the work world throughout the twentieth century.  He developed a series of principles designed to rationalize work.  Taylor developed a series of principles to make work more efficient.  Scientific management produced nonhuman technology that exerted great control over workers.  Workers would do only one or a few tasks, most of their skills and abilities remained unused.  

built with the idea that the building site were large factories based on assembly line technology, reversal of the automobile assembly line in that workers would move doing the same jobs at different locations.  

higher education, health care, work place, home cooking, shopping, entertainment

companies are selling not just the product but the experience that comes along with the product

genetics, diet, culture, less physical exercise, tastier and higher calorie foods, veggies more expensive while fat/sugary foods falling in price, food deserts

Obesity and the poor: direct effects- lower income=less to spend on food.  Fast food is cheaper, but also more caloric.  Indirect effects: less supervision of what children eat, less time to prepare meals.  Obesity and the rich: obesity is growing fastest among people witht eh highest incomes

Poor areas have higher rates of obesity in part because of the geography: lack of safe play areas for kids, limited opportunities for walking, fewer stores selling fresh foods

Food desert

must be posted in factories

no child labor

no forced labor

no psychological or physical abuse

no discrimination

health and safety in working conditions

environmental protection

fair hours and compensation

benefits

inspection and compliance to enforce code

-“the double-edged sword of individualism”: The “reflexive self” and the risk society (Giddens)

-focused on how things interact as a whole

                                -education should work alongside other elements of society to provide social benefits

                                -functions of a school

                                                -teach knowledge and skills

                                                -cultural transmission of values

                                                -social integration

                                                -gate keeping

                                                -day care

                                                -sexual education

-The educational system reproduces our social structure and keeps members of the elite in positions of social dominance.

-Biggest predictor of a child’s school performance is

                -family background

-hidden curriculum

-unequal funding

-societies are complex—and we change and adapt to resolve “contradictions”

                                -change comes about because humans must resolve cognitive dissonance

-Marx is key here, too, because class conflict is an important possible “contradiction” that needs to be resolved