"PEOPLE LIKE US"

After watching the documentary on PBS called “People Like Us”, I have learned that we are all divided into groups and these groups are classified in different ways. These ways makes us believe that we are all different based on the income we make and our class. After watching this video I have learned that we are all labeled in society.  This just made me think, why we have to be categorized in society based on our class?

This video reminds me of social stratification on how we rank people. We are ranked once we step into this world. We are ranked based on class, occupation, where we live, skin color, etc. Durkheim mentions on chapter 7 of the book that society served to create independence among society members so that everyone needed the activities of everyone else.

“People Like Us” shows me that we are ranked from the day that we are born, we are raised in a certain way that we view ourselves different from other groups. This makes us become distinct when we are really all the same.