For our final project, we focused on the topic of wealth and why it is stigmatized among people of our age. Most students we interact with on campus hold somewhat negative opinions on wealth, mostly based on the inequalities that it inherently creates within our society. Given the great diversity of socioeconomic statuses on Bowdoin\u2019s campus, we thought it would be a perfect place to gauge the attitudes of people in our current generation. We collected data from Bowdoin students to gain their insights and personal experiences with wealth. In our student interviews, we explored why wealth is held in such a negative light and factors that caused these feelings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Articles Student Interviews Citations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paris Wilson Marcus Ribeiro Doevy Estimphile For our final project, we focused on the topic of wealth and why it is stigmatized among people of our age. Most students we interact with on campus hold somewhat negative opinions on wealth, mostly based on the inequalities that it inherently creates within our society. Given the great … Continue reading “Stigmatized Wealth at Bowdoin”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1015,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018-tgreene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018-tgreene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018-tgreene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018-tgreene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018-tgreene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018-tgreene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018-tgreene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018-tgreene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/sociology-3010-spring-2018-tgreene\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Why Is Wealth an Uncomfortable Topic?<\/a>
\nWhy Is Wealth Stigmatized?<\/a>
\nThe Stigma of Wealth Has Evolved In Varying Ways Among Bowdoin Students<\/a>
\nThe Socioeconomic Barriers Towards Having the Wealth Conversation with Peers<\/a>
\nRecognizing Wealth Through Material Goods or Mannerisms<\/a>
\nHow Should We Fix the Stigmatization of Wealth?<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>These articles are composed of highlighted quotes from interviews with anonymous Bowdoin students. They are a detailed look into Bowdoin students\u2019 thoughts on wealth and their impact on their lives. They are color-coded by theme. <\/span>Blue<\/b><\/span> represents the development of the wealth stigma based on one\u2019s previous and current friend groups and environments. <\/span>Red <\/b><\/span>represents the perception of material goods and actions as symbols of wealth and the conclusions drawn from that information. <\/span>Purple <\/b><\/span>represents the notion that wealth is a challenging and uncomfortable topic that people avoid, due to its stigmatization.
\n<\/span>Student 1<\/a>
\nStudent 2<\/a>
\nStudent 3<\/a>
\nStudent 4<\/a>
\nStudent 5<\/a>
\nStudent 6<\/a>
\nStudent 7<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n