1-  This week I found the social class latter to be the most interesting. The social class is divided up into six different classes. The largest social class is made up of 34% of the population and it is the lower middle class. I thought it was a interesting how it states that the lower middle class can afford to maintain a mainstream lifestyle but will struggle to do so. This statement reminded me of how nowadays people are always trying to keep up with the latest phones or even how much social media affects everyday lifestyle. It honestly saddens me that people care so much about what other people think that they will go broke just to make it seem like they have it. In my opinion it is the people from the lower middle class and under who feels the need to want other to think they have more than they actually do. I also found it interesting that people from the capital class sometimes feels guilty for how much money they have. It must be a hard thing to deal with, feeling guilty for your success. Bill Gates have given more money to the poor and medical research than anyone in history. I think its great to see that someone as wealthy as Bill Gates still cares about the people who are in need.   Henslin, James  "Mastering Sociology" 2014 pg 207-209 ........................................................................................... 2- Consequences of Social Class The importance of social class is that it affects every aspect of our lives – our health, family life, education, religion, politics, and even out experiences with crime and the criminal justice system (Henslin 2014). Henslin (2014) goes on to say that as one goes up in the social class ladder their health improves as if they go down the ladder in social class their health gets worse. Which makes a lot of sense that you feel like you are accomplishing goals in life so your overall mood would improve (Henslin 2014). One part in our textbook I found interesting is how a man who needs and could possibly benefit from medical or mental health help and how he was just be released to be picked up by the police in a day or two. That sounds so very familiar because I hear similar stories from officers when I worked at CHP. A person who is in poverty cannot afford medical insurance, hence when they are talking to the county hospital all a doctor does is give the medicine and send them on their way. A hospital can not afford to house a person who has no means to pay. You compare that to say anyone in this course and the resources we have with school counselors someone is bound to be able to give us more substantial help than that poor man is getting. Also reading how politics relates to social class, I did not understand this until I did further research in what each political group believes. Henslin (2014) states the higher class people tend to vote for Republican and that the government should intervene in the economy to provide jobs and to make citizens financially secure. I r ...

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This week I found the social class latter to be the most
interesting. The social class is divided up into six different
classes. The largest social class is made up of 34% of the
population and it is the lower middle class. I thought it was a
interesting how it states that the lower middle class can afford
to maintain a mainstream lifestyle but will struggle to do so.
This statement reminded me of how nowadays people are always
trying to keep up with the latest phones or even how much
social media affects everyday lifestyle. It honestly saddens me
that people care so much about what other people think that
they will go broke just to make it seem like they have it. In my
opinion it is the people from the lower middle class and under
who feels the need to want other to think they have more than
they actually do. I also found it interesting that people from the
capital class sometimes feels guilty for how much money they
have. It must be a hard thing to deal with, feeling guilty for
your success. Bill Gates have given more money to the poor and
medical research than anyone in history. I think its great to see
that someone as wealthy as Bill Gates still cares about the
people who are in need.
Henslin, James
"Mastering Sociology" 2014 pg 207-209
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Consequences of Social Class
The importance of social class is that it affects every aspect of
our lives – our health, family life, education, religion, politics,

2. and even out experiences with crime and the criminal justice
system (Henslin 2014). Henslin (2014) goes on to say that as
one goes up in the social class ladder their health improves as if
they go down the ladder in social class their health gets wors e.
Which makes a lot of sense that you feel like you are
accomplishing goals in life so your overall mood would improve
(Henslin 2014).
One part in our textbook I found interesting is how a man who
needs and could possibly benefit from medical or mental health
help and how he was just be released to be picked up by the
police in a day or two. That sounds so very familiar because I
hear similar stories from officers when I worked at CHP. A
person who is in poverty cannot afford medical insurance, hence
when they are talking to the county hospital all a doctor does is
give the medicine and send them on their way. A hospital can
not afford to house a person who has no means to pay. You
compare that to say anyone in this course and the resources we
have with school counselors someone is bound to be able to
give us more substantial help than that poor man is getting.
Also reading how politics relates to social class, I did not
understand this until I did further research in what each
political group believes. Henslin (2014) states the higher class
people tend to vote for Republican and that the government
should intervene in the economy to provide jobs and to make
citizens financially secure. I read another source that thought
this would help in the poverty discussion. I guess to really
understand what the government can do about jobs that they
may not be doing as well as some people might want them to be
would need more research.
Reference:
Henslin, J. M. (2014). Mastering Sociology. Pearson Upper
Saddle River, N.J.

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Social inequality affecting many cultures and societies. The
term social stratification is described by sociologists as the
division of large numbers of people into layers according to
their relative property, powder, and prestige; applies to both
nations and to people within a nation, society, or other group
(182). Social classes are defined by means of their relationship
to a social group, educational level, income class, amount of
wealth, and prestige. The three basic stratification structures
were identified: slavery, caste, and social class. I would like to
talk about stratification in the United States. Social class is a
good example of stratification to describe inequality in
America. Most Americans believe there are three class models –
the rich, middle class and the poor, but sociologist William
Thompson and Joseph Hickey proposed class systems with six
distinct social classes; the upper, corporate elite, upper middle,
traditional middle, lower middle, and working classes.
Upper class also referred to as the “blue bloods” for instance
the Roosevelt and Bush families. In the past, well-known upper-
class families are included while later are those who have
achieved a highly wealthy status in their lifetime. Corporate
elite is the high incomes and the potential for wealth from stock
options among them are top executives or CEOs who receive the
best financial compensation of all occupations in the US today.
Their income exceeds the combined income of 90% of
households in the U.S. On the other hand, the upper middle
class is composed of professionals who are highly educated and
some of them have master’s degree at least and have high
income. In this group, members usually have a great influence
on society because they are actively involved with professional

4. as well as personal networks. The middle-class term has been
found to be used to either define a group of managers and
professionals also referred to as upper middle class or those
have significant differences in occupation, educational level,
and income. Families occupying the center of American society
may be called middle-middle class. Those who are lying in the
middle of the socio-economic divisions are commonly where the
working class and the lower middle class meet. The lower
middle class is usually having less privilege compared to the
middle class. Individuals in this group are commonly working in
supporting occupations and rarely learned advanced degrees
through often they are bachelor’s degree holders. Working class
is used to symbolize individuals who are working at this level.
1 Henslin, J. M. (2014).
Mastering Sociology
. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
2“Social class in the US.”
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Social_class_in_the_US
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What I found interesting in this weeks readings was that about
slavery today. You would think that in todays society that
slavery doesn't exist it was something that only exists in our
history books. But unfortunately slavery still does exist today
maybe people don't think about it cause its not directly called
slavery but human trafficking. There are two different types of
human trafficking labor and sex trafficking. But I wanted to talk

5. about the sex trafficking. There is an article on CNN about sex
trafficking and how its the new American slavery. In this article
they are following one girls story her name is Sacharay (or
that's what she wanted to be known as for the article) she was
14 at the time. She didn't have friends and was often teased a lot
because of her dark skin. When she finally made a friend this
girl became her best friend and she could tell her anything. One
day Sacharay's best friend asked her if she wanted to skip
school so they did and they went to a barber shop and the best
friend introduced her to some guys. One of the guys in his 30's
took a liking to Sacharay. This guy started to buy her gifts, pay
her compliments and started to offer her advice on adolescence
stuff. She recalled "If me and my sister would be arguing, he'd
be like, 'you can't get into an argument with your sister like
that.' He was more like a dad, but then again we had sex, so it
wasn't. It was just in the communication and how he talked to
me." This is child rape. Anique Whitmore who is a forensic
psychologist in Atlanta stated that "subversive mix of romantic
love and parental care can create havoc in the mind of an
adolescent". Whitmore also stated "what we know about sex
crimes is that it's not about sexual pleasure. It's about control,"
said Whitmore. "what is similar to some of those girls that I
work with is their self-esteem or lack thereof. You either
become vulnerable to a man on the street or a man you meet in
school. You become vulnerable because you're looking for
attention." Sacharay's trafficker started to ask her for favors to
help him make some money. He asked her to have sex with
other guys and soon after it became more and more guys. He
would tell Sacharay he loved her for doing that and that made
her feel special. Soon she was having sex with about 40 men a
day she told her trafficker she was in pain and couldn't do it
anymore. That's when he grabbed a gun and told her she wasn't
going anywhere. Soon after Sacharay trafficker brought her and
another teen to Atlanta because he could get a higher price for
the girls about $32,000 a week. There has been studies done in
Atlanta about sex trafficking and just in Atlanta its a $290

6. million dollar industry. This is a big city with the busiest
airport and many hotels around. Where people fly in they are
looking for sex they found someone like Sacharay's trafficker
and go from there and then fly out later. So a lot of this people
aren't caught because they leave the same day on a plane.
Sacharay has her own tattoo now given to her by her human
trafficker its branding in away to let others know that she is his.
Her journey away from exploitation lead her to a nonprofit
organization called The Living Water Center. This organization
offered things that would have ever been available if she hadn't
gone to The Living Water Center and that is a GED and a job. "I
used to hate looking in the mirror at myself," said Scaharay. "I
still struggle, but I can say I'm stronger, I'm wiser and I can
honestly say I do love myself. And I have hope for myself."
Scaharay also got a new tattoo that says "Free to Be Me". This
is just one example of slavery that is happening today and
fortunately Scharay's story has a happy ending to it but there
are still many out there that need help.
Refences:
Coorlim, Leif and Ford, Dana "Sex Trafficking: The new
American Slavery" CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/20/us/sex-trafficking/index.html