1. What’s in Your Fridge?: Status Symbols & Socioeconomic Status Highlighting Artists: LaToya Ruby Frazier & Mark Menjivar

2. LaToya Ruby Frazier Grandma Ruby’s Refrigerator, 2007

3. LaToya Ruby Frazier Grandma Ruby, JC and Me watching Soap Operas, 2005 Grandma Ruby LaToya

4. Braddock, PA John Fetterman: Reviving Braddock

5. Definitions of Terms TermDefinition Social Classa statistical category to which people are assigned on the basis of income, occupation, or education Status Symbola possession that indicates a person’s economic and/or social position/status. Similar to other symbols, status symbols get meaning from their cultural context. Socioeconomic Status (SES) the social class of an individual or group measured by things such as education, income and occupation. Social Stratification a system where individual or groups are ranked or graded into hierarchical categories layers based on wealthy, power, and prestige

6. Status Symbols What are some status symbols common at our school?

11. Things we need to consider… Time of month Food inventory Other food in the home Take-out/eating out Eating patterns Number of people in the household (and their ages)

12. LaToya Ruby Frazier Grandma Ruby’s Refrigerator, 2007

13. What’s Inside Your Fridge?