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Anne Lareau's Coming Of Age
I think Lareau’s main point was how Pierre Bourdieu’s work dealt with the influence of social class position.

The first thing I noticed in this author’s writing is how she talked about people believing that people are in a certain class for a reason based on their intelligence, talent, effort, or skill. That it is something one earns and not given. But the author thinks this is just a way for the powerful to keep their dominance. I feel that this relates to Anne Moody’s experience in Coming of Age. She grows up wondering what makes white people different than black people and why they are so much better off when it is just that they are born into that social status.

Secondly, I observed that the author describes class a culturally learned
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