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Sociological Perspectives

Sociological Perspectives. Inequality Alienation. How much inequality is there?. Let’s create a seating chart based on the distribution of wealth in the world. If I were to distribute the chairs based on wealth distribution, this is what it would look like. Distribution of Wealth.

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Sociological Perspectives

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  1. Sociological Perspectives Inequality Alienation

  2. How much inequality is there? • Let’s create a seating chart based on the distribution of wealth in the world. • If I were to distribute the chairs based on wealth distribution, this is what it would look like.

  3. Distribution of Wealth • The top 1% holds 40% of the wealth. • The top 10% holds 85% of the wealth. • The bottom 50% holds 1% of the wealth.

  4. How do you feel? • How do you think this affects people around the world? • Although North America (US and Canada) has only 6% of the world adult population, it accounts for 34% of household wealth. • The global wealth Gini for adults is 89%. • The same degree of inequality would be obtained if one person in a group of ten takes 99% of the total pie and the other nine share the remaining 1%.

  5. Global Inequality • Income inequality (of about 6.5 billion) • 1 billion people live on less than $1 a day. • 1.5 billion more live on less than $2 a day. • Water and sanitation • 1 billion lack access to safe water. • 2.6 billion lack access to adequate sanitation. • Malnutrition • 850 million people are malnourished

  6. Who made this statement? • The danger of a military conflict was all the greater as there was always the possibility that some madman or other might get control of the vast stores of munitions. . . . I believe, however, this is the way in which I can be of most service to that for which we are all concerned, namely, the justice, well being, progress and peace of the whole human community.

  7. Who made this statement? • I’m willing to give peace a chance to work. . . . . But for the sake of our future, now’s the time—now’s the time. For the sake of your children’s future, we must make sure this madman never has the capacity to hurt us . . .

  8. How was Hitler able to proceed with the genocide against Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals and political dissidents?

  9. Enough people did nothing!

  10. Importance of Sarayacu Film? • How many of you took notes? • Why so difficult to stay focused? • What did the Sarayacu say was wrong with the Western education system? • How will you solve the coming environmental and social problems? • There will be MANY questions from the film on your exam!!!!

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