Example Of A Sociological Analysis

I feel that class and social divisions do impact on the everyday opportunities of those around me. Financially it is obvious to see especially when you see pictures on social media of your people you know on holiday in exotic countries, indeed it is common to hear of someone every year who is off to Dubai or the Caribbean, an opportunity which would not be available to those in more working class neighbourhoods such as where my secondary school was located. In the ex-mining village in north Nottinghamshire of Rainworth it was very rare to see an individual who was not white. Moreover this meant that the students who came from this area were more susceptible to negative media portrayals of ethnic groups. For example I regularly see people sharing …show more content…
For example when canvassing for the conservative party my sister’s boyfriend was verbally abused by an ex miner, showing he still possessed this ill feeling. In comparison to this, residents of my villiage, of Ravenshead, were more open to the conservative party and when he was canvassing at the village shops, residents approached him to talk to him as the residents are more made up of middle class professionals and those who have retired .There also existed an opinion, at least on the part of those from Rainworth that, pupils from my village were ‘rich’ in comparison simply due to the location of where we lived, showing a class divide. One thing we found when conducting the field trip task was that social divisions were shown to be played out through taste. If we simply look at cheese availability between Asda and Waitrose, both of which were located in Oadby, we found that Waitrose regarded many of its cheeses, such as Brie and Edam, as something that should be in its ‘essentials’ range. However, in Asda, only a few were made as ‘smart price