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2. Crime has often been used as a form of social control by…

4. Michelle Alexander’s argument about segregation…

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  1. Do you notice any similarities in the way social class is discussed in readings 4.1 and 4.2? Do you notice any differences in the way these two readings DIFFERENTIATE between social classes?
  2. Pick the station closest to where you live. Using the concepts from Reading 4.1, what social class tends to live in your neighborhood? Are you surprised (or not) by the answer? Do you feel it is an accurate representation of the people living in your neighborhood?
  3. Based on Reading 4.2, do you notice a general pattern about social classes in NYC?

4 thoughts on “Discussion Board 4.1”

  1. 1- One of the similarities I’ve noticed in readings 4.1 and 4.2 is that they are both focused on income and choice of location so like where an individual might live to classify social class. One of the things that DIFFERENTIATE the readings is that reading 4.1 breaks down different things that determine social classes whereas reading 4.2 just gives us a graph and no other context.
    2- Using the concepts from reading 4.1 the social class that lives in my neighborhood is “ working class “ I am very shocked about the social class status that it is showing for my neighborhood because it is hard to believe people that live on the two line ( Pelham parkway ) makes $39,609. I feel it is very inaccurate because the part of Pelham parkway i live on is the projects. And i only make 16k majority of my community makes similar amounts.
    3- According to reading 4.2 the pattern i witnessed was no matter what stop or train line in manhattan they are considered all upper class

    1. Hello Jordyn,
      I wanted to start off by saying that each of your answers are clear and concise. I particularly like your response to question 2 because I can relate to your outlook on the matter regarding your neighborhood. I also consider my neighborhood to be “working class” because I believe the highest yearly income was roughly around $40-50,000. I am like you in this sense, from what I see and whatnot-my neighborhood does not match this particular data. But I did find the use of that reading interesting because it displayed yearly income based on stops that we know of from taking the subway lines. Lastly, I also liked how you were able to notice the similarities and differences between the two articles for question one. Their ways of displaying data through graphs were similar but one is more concrete than the other. Overall, excellent job on your post!

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    “:/L.,JHNBGQuestion #1
    Do you notice any similarities in the way social class is discussed in readings 4.1 and 4.2? Do you notice any differences in the way these two readings DIFFERENTIATE between social classes?
    Answer:
    The similarity that I have noticed between reading 4.1 and 4.2 is the importance of the location when a person that identifies to belong to a certain group lives. Reading 4.1 indicated based on their data that people leaving in further, rural areas are less likely to identify as a higher class compared to the ones living in urban locations and city centers. Reading 4.2 only serves as an example of this statement, Chambers St or different stops around Manhattan are noted as the ones whose house income is higher compared to the last stops, moved further from the city indicated to have lower house incomes.
    The difference in these readings that I have noticed is that reading 4.2 is giving less detailed information that some people might find less accurate as it only concentrates on annual income in a certain area while the data such as education or age is excluded.

    Question #2
    Using concepts from Reading 4.1, in my neighborhood the social class that tends to live is classified as middle class. With an average annual income of 95k to 100k. This answer is not a surprise to me as I noticed a large number of artists, photographers, and entrepreneurs living in my area that usually have established private companies that usually work with big brands. I also think that with my neighborhood that is under constant development if it comes to residential buildings and new people moving into it, I considered it to accurately represent the people living in it.

    Question #3
    Based on Reading 4.2 I noticed a general pattern about social classes that areas in which most of the corporate offcies are located tend to be reside by the wealthier part of the society as well as Manhattan area compared to Brooklyn or Bronx mark higher averge household income.

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