1. The reading 4.2 is down but based on what I’ve seen in the class video for reading 4.2, 4.1 and 4.2 is similar in the sense that social classes determine a person’s place in society. A lot of people pass judgement on a particular person depending on their status of income. The difference between the 2 readings, 4.1 and 4.2, is that 4.1 reading is basing the social class off of people’s education, as well as ethnicity. In one of the sections of the reading it states that someone who only obtained a high school diploma has a higher chance of being a low-working class individual rather than someone who attended, or graduated from college, in reading 4.2, It seems that they’re basing social status off of average income within a city, or a specific area within a city. For, example someone who lives by the 2 train (Flatbush Ave) would be a working class, due to the fact Flatbush hold a rate of predominantly black Americans and Caribbean people.
  2. According to, Brooklyn borough, Kings County, New York – Census Bureau Profile, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York, makes an average median income of $76,912 during the 2023 American survey with an average of 43.5% College education making Kings County hold a social class of working-middle class. I do believe this is an accurate representation of where I live being that most people in my neighborhood own their houses rather than rent them out.
  3. A lot of social classes based in NYC, is according to people’s education and occupation. for instance, people who may work in finance, own their company, work in the media, or attended college with high degrees such as, master’s and PHD’s are more likely to live in the upper west side of Manhattan and have a social class of upper middle-upper class status. People who may work for a company, or attended college for a short period of time, associate or bachelor’s degrees are more likely to become working-middle class, and live in places such as, Brooklyn, Harlem, and even the Bronx. Social classes in NYC vary by income, education and different boroughs or different parts within a borough.

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