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1. Inequality Quiz

Cornell University's Center for the Study of Inequality offers a brief interactive quiz on inequality. Take the quiz to test your IQ (“Inequality Quotient”). How does your score compare to the average score?

2. Class as a Taboo Subject?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, they serve as “the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.” While the Census Bureau is one of the major sources on data for social inequality, they do not actually have a formal definition of the term middle class (see http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/inequality/middleclass.html). What is their perspective of class? Search their website and see if you can find other information about class. In politics, politicians frequently refer to the middle class, knowing that their constituents tend to identify themselves as middle class. However, politicians rarely refer to the U.S. as a class system or refer to the working class. Search media reports to see how politicians use the term class. Do you believe that class is a taboo subject in the United States? Do people tend to think of the U.S. as a class society? How do government definitions and political discourse affect how class is discussed in society?