use the material uploaded to answer the questions below:
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Why does social inequality exist?
What is the extent of it?
How is it reproduced?
How is it challenged?
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* The American dream refers mainly to the opportunities to become successful in terms of occupation, education, income and wealth.
Given our material thus far, what can we conclude about Americans chances for attaining the American dream?
(Keep in mind the various issues we learned, such as but not limited to the role that parents, schools and the media play; the obstacles to and the opportunities for success; rigging the game.)
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* Consider the research we have learned about social class and class reproduction in the U.S. Do the research findings mainly support or mainly challenge the fair play perspective? Explain.
(In other words, which viewplay or sharesbest accounts for the features of class inequality we find in the U.S., historically and currently? Keep in mind such issues as rigging the game; distribution of income and wealth.)
