Learning Objective 8.1-8.5 8.1 There are three components of social class. First there is our property which is what we own such as real estate, land, cars, stocks, bonds, businesses, and bank accounts. Second, there is power which is when a person has the ability to have things done their way even though others may not agree. It allows one to make big decisions in society. Third, there is prestige where regard or respect is given to what they do as a career, and what they accomplish in life. Wealth is what you are worth which includes everything you own after paying off debts, and income is what you make from various sources such as income from one’s wages, and interest from bank accounts. Property and income are distributed the same way, …show more content…
For example, it affects your physical, and mental health, which is caused by the direction of where your social class is headed. Second, it brings consequences to your family life for example, depending on your social class is what determines who might marry you. Usually people try to stick with the same class, not giving the opportunities to others. Third, it affects your education, usually your education relies on what social class you come from that will determine how far one gets with their education. In addition, it affects in areas that one might not think it would affect such as our religion. It separates the lower class from the middle and upper class. Lower class may be part of the Baptist church which expresses themselves more while the other churches might include the middle and upper class that do not express themselves in the same way. Not to mention, there are politics that also get affected by our social class. For example, the higher your social class is you are more likely to be part of the republican party. While the lower class is part of the democratic party. Furthermore, the criminal justice system is also affected by our social class. Usually the upper class will not face the same sentencing as the lower class