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Determining Social Status in American Society<\/h2>\n
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Interview Two People<\/p>\n

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Provide an overview of the role of race and gender in determining social status in American society.
\nExplain the difference between individual discrimination, institutionalized discrimination, and reverse discrimination.
\nInterview the two people you identified in Working Ahead for M2A2\u2014Identify Two People. Do they differ in their race, gender, and class? Focus on the following in your interviews:
\nUsing a sociological perspective, that is thinking critically, determine how the two people you interviewed have been affected by their ascribed traits. In other words, be objective and ask questions about race, class, gender, and age.
\nAsk probing questions about each person\u2019s educational opportunities and career choices.
\nInquire about their inherited social status, and how their own personal social status differs (or not) from their parents\u2019 social status.
\nAsk if they see themselves as having experienced any form of discrimination.
\nAsk what they see as solutions to discrimination and social disparities based on race, gender, or discrimination.
\nCompare each person\u2019s responses to your own observations; do you observe anything that he or she does not?
\nWhat differences do you observe between the ascribed traits versus achieved (or earned) traits?
\nSummarize your findings by explaining whether race, gender, and any form of discrimination have played a role in the social status of your interviewees.
\nInclude in your summary ideas for reducing any form of discrimination in determining someone\u2019s social status.
\nWrite a 2\u20133-page paper in Word format.<\/p>\n

“These are my Two People I Interviewed”<\/p>\n

Rufus Moore Interview Questions
\nMale Heterosexual
\nAfrican American
\nMiddle Class
\n1. What is your understanding of diversity and why is it important to have this position?
\n2. How would you define diversity and why is diversity important to you as a Middle Class African American?
\n3. Do you think inequality exist at your place of employment?
\n4. How does social context influence your perceptions of race, gender, and social class?
\n5. Do you think you have been passed for a promotion due to your race and age?
\n6. Is there disadvantages of being a minority when it comes to competing for a job you are qualified for?
\n7. If you were a non-minority do you think your financial goals would be easier to attain than if you were a minority?<\/p>\n

Catherine Boston Interview Questions
\nFemale Lesbian
\nCaucasian
\nUpper Middle Class
\n1. Do you think you are discriminated at work because of your social gender?
\n2. How does your sexuality relate to home, work, and family?
\n3. How does inequality manifest itself in your place of employment?
\n4. What challenges do you face as a lesbian woman when you exhibit masculine behavior?
\n5. How does the stereotypical image of rich homosexuals really represent the real experience of homosexual men and women of various racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds?
\n6. Why do vast differences in wages exist for gay men versus lesbian women?
\n7. Do you think you have more advantages in your career field as an educated Upper Middle Class lesbian woman then if you were non-educated?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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