Transcript Sociological Perspectives

Sociological Perspectives
Inequality
Alienation
How much inequality is there?
• Let’s create a seating chart based on the
distribution of wealth in the world.
• If I were to distribute the chairs based
on wealth distribution, this is what it
would look like.
Distribution of Wealth
• The top 1% holds
40% of the wealth.
• The top 10% holds 85%
of the wealth.
• The bottom 50% holds
1% of the wealth.
How do you feel?
• How do you think this affects people around the world?
• Although North America (US and Canada) has only 6% of the world adult
population, it accounts for 34% of household wealth.
• The global wealth Gini for adults is 89%.
• The same degree of inequality would be obtained if one person in a group
of ten takes 99% of the total pie and the other nine share the remaining
1%.
Global Inequality
• Income inequality (of about 6.5 billion)
• 1 billion people live on less than $1 a day.
• 1.5 billion more live on less than $2 a day.
• Water and sanitation
• 1 billion lack access to safe water.
• 2.6 billion lack access to adequate sanitation.
• Malnutrition
• 850 million people are malnourished
Who made this statement?
• The danger of a military conflict was all the
greater as there was always the possibility that
some madman or other might get control of
the vast stores of munitions. . . . I believe,
however, this is the way in which I can be of
most service to that for which we are all
concerned, namely, the justice, well being,
progress and peace of the whole human
community.
Who made this statement?
• I’m willing to give peace a chance to
work. . . . . But for the sake of our
future, now’s the time—now’s the time.
For the sake of your children’s future,
we must make sure this madman never
has the capacity to hurt us . . .
How was Hitler able to
proceed with the genocide
against Jews, Gypsies,
Homosexuals and political
dissidents?
Enough people did nothing!
Importance of Sarayacu Film?
• How many of you took notes?
• Why so difficult to stay focused?
• What did the Sarayacu say was wrong with the
Western education system?
• How will you solve the coming environmental and
social problems?
• There will be MANY questions from the film on your
exam!!!!