Write a 500 word or more essay, Include citations as needed and write in first person, addressing the following questions:
- In what ways does culture related to social class impact identity and pride within specific social classes.
- In what ways does culture help keep others outside of a specific social class? Do you think it is more difficult for someone from a lower social class to “pass” as upper class? Or, is it more difficult for someone from a higher social class to “pass” as lower class? Why?
- How does culture reproduce social class from generation to generation (i.e. why do most people stay in the same social class for which they are born)?
- Ways in which culture related to social class impact identity and pride within specific social classes