Social Inequality in US

Will add stuff to this post later but here's

Christine L. Williams Inside Toyland: Working, Shopping, and Social Inequality




We’re Not Broke, Just Twisted: Extreme Wealth Inequality in America


Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies

Inequality.org

Social Inequality in UK

Why Britain's battle to bring down social inequality has failed: 

Danny Dorling's new book exposes the unprecedented rises in inequality that put us on a par with Victorian society – and explains why they endure
Here!

 


Why inequality persists: A new report examines inequality in forensic detail.

Author Danny Dorling introduces the key datasets - and a new set of postcode-level UK poverty indicators

Here!

A selection of material from lectures, presentations and talks of Professor Danny Dorling and the SaSI research group.

Here!


Professor Danny Dorling: Selected Lectures

Here!

Caste System - Social Inequality

 


Here are various links to videos and whatnot concerning the Caste System which relate to the A2 unit on Social Inequality

Wiki page

The Indian Caste System - An Introduction 

India Untouched: Darker side of India: 1  or full documentary here.

Hindu Caste System and Discrimination in the United Kingdom (UK) 

The Untouchables: Breaking Down Caste Barriers in India 

The Untouchables

Is India's caste system a crime against humanity?

India’s low-caste still “untouchables” 

India's Dalits now have a growing role in business

The Untouchables - A short documentary focused on the lowest caste in past and present Hindu society 

Dalit Reality 

Does the caste system still linger in the UK?

CasteWatchUK

The secret scandal of Britain's caste system

Court ruling challenges India's caste system

Caste System in Sikhism

INDIA UNTOUCHED(see link towards top of list above) is Stalin's second film on the issue of caste -- his earlier film 'Lesser Humans', on manual scavenging, won the Silver Conch at the Mumbai International Film Festival and the Excellence Award at Earth Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, and helped to bring international attention to the issue of caste.
'Lesser Humans'

Twitter censorship

Read it here before the internet shuts down!



And when you are twittering your latest tweet regarding your irrelevant opinion concerning some utter triviality, remember that the FBI are watching you.

What sort of people write for The Sun?

A fascinating revelation in today's Sun...

Harry Redknapp says 'I'm disorganised and can't write' . 

Apparently Mr Redknapp 'writes like a two year old and can't spell'.  This inability to write and spell has, fortunately, not stopped him getting a job as a columnist on The Sun.

Redknapp - Illiterate thicko laughing all the way to the bank (in Monaco, allegedly)
with money given to him by even thicker Sun readers. 

Sexism in the media

Read this

Has trust in the media INCREASED?!

'It's been a tumultuous year for the media dominated by the hacking scandal at News International. But a major study today suggests that trust in the media in the UK and US has actually increased' The Guardian

Read all about it!