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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
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 A lot of what is important about social class (and the way it impacts our adult lives) is due to the concept of cultural capital. Cultural capital refers to non-financial social assets that promote social mobility. So examples of this can include the quality of education one receives, the style of speech one learns at home, style of dress, whether or not individuals are taught how to behave in certain situations (for example, on a job interview), etc. So, for example, a child from a middle class family may have the financial means to get involved in organized extra-curricular activities. This teaches the child far more than the activity itself. They learn to interact with different people, how to respond to people in authority positions, perhaps teamwork. In contrast, a child from a poorer family probably doesn't have this opportunity, and therefore does not learn these valuable skills.
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 Given this, which child may have learned the important social skills to do better on a job interview? In this way, these different socializations can have long term consequences by replicating social inequalities. Does that make sense? What do you think? Can you think of examples where you have seen this in your own life?
Reference
Sociology Live! (2015, November 16). âCultural Capital.â Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DBEYiBkgp8
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