Blog #7 People Like Us

        In this video it shows how society likes to judge people on their social class. Society can judge
on what someone dresses, looks, jobs they obtain, the types of home one lives in, etc..Towards the
beginning of the video a woman in a school I believe was judging on everyone that past right by her,
for example the words she used to describe some were dorky, dirty, and ghetto. The people that were
talking and stating certain states on what they were describing how how some can describe
lower,middle, or high class. What I also took from this was that when some women in the beginnign
of the video saw the picture of an old man she automatically assumed he was lower class, but she said
maybe he just dress like a lower class person but probably aren't. It seems that people are easily
judging other with out knowing anything about them. This is what today in our society describe
people today. It just comes to show that society can consider themselves in any type of class, because
if one grew out of the a certain class they would push aside the ones they didn't fit in into the certain
status that seemed fit. 
     This video made me reflect on the stratification system we live in. "People like us" describes
how social class plays a role in the lives of Americans based on where they live such as park avenues
penthouses, bayou houseboats or suburban gated communities. The video presents stories of family
traditions, different lifestyle and class mobility. It explains how income family background,
education, attitudes, aspirations and even appearance mark people as members of a social class. In the
video they interview people from diverse socioeconomic groups, the film describes how social class
in america has a much influence as race or ethnicity in determining what kind of opportunities a
person has in life.
     "People Like Us" explains how the class system does exist and its based on looks, money,
popularity, whether you live in a big house, and where people work. The video also describes that as
you move through life we separate our selves from people who don't fit in our groups and social class
and that America is a country divided by class and by what kind of neighborhood you live in, the type
of food you eat, how far you got in school and the way you wear your hair.
         In my opinion, people are selfish to marry rich people because of their wealth and don't have
the knowledge to be on the same page as the rich. I think they have to change their way of thinking
because everybody is equal and we don't have to judge whether they are rich or poor. We should
respect each other and treat everyone as equal and be nice to everybody.