Part One
Ascribed Status (pg. 98) – A position an individual either inherits at birth of receives involuntarily later in life. Something I learned from the film that relates to ascribed status is how the people in the slums of Dharavi are typically generational ‘slumdogs’. This means they were probably given this low, economic status and label at birth, and this has been passed down generation from generation. The stigma attached to the label follows as well. With the movie Slumdog Millionaire, it really affected how they are perceived as well. The lowest insult someone in India could be called is a dog, and this is what the Dharavi people were taken back by. They do not wish to be called a dog. However, with the way they were born into the
Ascribed Status (pg. 98) – A position an individual either inherits at birth of receives involuntarily later in life. Something I learned from the film that relates to ascribed status is how the people in the slums of Dharavi are typically generational ‘slumdogs’. This means they were probably given this low, economic status and label at birth, and this has been passed down generation from generation. The stigma attached to the label follows as well. With the movie Slumdog Millionaire, it really affected how they are perceived as well. The lowest insult someone in India could be called is a dog, and this is what the Dharavi people were taken back by. They do not wish to be called a dog. However, with the way they were born into the