Just a couple of links to look at...
Danny Dorling - Why Social Inequality Persists
Max Weber, one of the three main "fathers of sociology," contributed to our understanding of the sociological perspective, to the nature of social change, and to the nature of social inequality.
It's like, awesome. It's got bare sociology facts and that. It's not being updated no more due to the fact that I ain't teaching Sociology no more. I still pop in from time to time to check if any oddballs have left comments and whatnot so if you are an oddball and are considering leaving a comment or whatnot, then GO FOR IT!
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Sociology Blogs - How to really do it.
This blog is significantly better than mine, 'DJ Academe Teaching sociology with videos' click here to go straight to the inequality stuff. Here are a few of the videos...
and this MIA video is just tha bomb, peeps!
and this MIA video is just tha bomb, peeps!
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Brown Eyes vs Blue Eyes
http://ww.janeelliott.com/
wiki Jane Elliott
How Racist AreYou?
Jane Elliott, the American schoolmarm who would rid us of our racism.
American schoolteacher Jane Elliott invented the concept of diversity training in response to racial tension in 60s America. Forty years later she's trying the same techniques on British TV… with rather less success, writes Andrew Anthony.
Here!
Monday, 23 April 2012
The Naked Rambler
"We can either end up living a life that others expect of us or lives based on our own truth. The difference is the difference between living a conscious life or one that is unconscious. And that's the difference between living and not living."
Read this.
UPDATE: He's OUT!
UPDATE: He's BACK INSIDE!
UPDATE: They think he's MAD! Or is it our CULTURE that's mad? YOU decide!
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This man has balls. |
"We can either end up living a life that others expect of us or lives based on our own truth. The difference is the difference between living a conscious life or one that is unconscious. And that's the difference between living and not living."
Read this.
UPDATE: He's OUT!
UPDATE: He's BACK INSIDE!
UPDATE: They think he's MAD! Or is it our CULTURE that's mad? YOU decide!
Monday, 16 April 2012
Inequality - The Gender Pay Gap
'The truth about why women are paid less - even if they ask for more. New research shows that women who haggle over money are seen as 'less nice' by their bosses'.
Why having a penis is worth £10,000. Tanya Gold on why women get paid less.
Equal Pay - The Facts
Equal Pay is still an issue. In the UK, women get paid, on average, 15.5% less than men. Why is this? And what can be done about it?
Gender pay gap widens to £10,500 for managers, CMI says. The gap between how much male and female managers are paid has widened by £500 to £10,546 in the past year, a study suggests.
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