Bobbie Bluecollar worked at a company for twenty years before getting laid off a year ago....

 

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Bobbie Bluecollar worked at a company for twenty years before getting laid off a year ago. Since then, he has had to work part-time for about $12 an hour. Many people think of Bobbie as a fool who lost his job because he didn't work hard enough and was too loyal to his union. But Bobbie looks at it differently. When talking about his unemployment, he says, "My layoff was just part of larger economic trends. My company laid off over 9,000 people in four plants. In fact, 8 companies left our city to go to Southeast Asia where the workers get paid $5 a day and receive minimal benefits." Bobbie's ability to see the connection between his personal troubles and larger social realities is an example of O the sociological imagination. cultural relativism. O the radical imperative. ethnocentrism. Bobbie Bluecollar worked at a company for twenty years before getting laid off a year ago. Since then, he has had to work part-time for about $12 an hour. Many people think of Bobbie as a fool who lost his job because he didn't work hard enough and was too loyal to his union. But Bobbie looks at it differently. When talking about his unemployment, he says, "My layoff was just part of larger economic trends. My company laid off over 9,000 people in four plants. In fact, 8 companies left our city to go to Southeast Asia where the workers get paid $5 a day and receive minimal benefits." Bobbie's ability to see the connection between his personal troubles and larger social realities is an example of O the sociological imagination. cultural relativism. O the radical imperative. ethnocentrism.

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