User:Emichiang/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Class discrimination

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose class discrimination because it is a deep-rooted social issue that has a huge impact on the lives of millions of people in our society. This topic is good to relate with the things that we discussed in class and able to allow me to have a further understanding of the historical background behind it such as how class discrimination gradually created and grew and more contexts with it. Class discrimination matters because even though it is a long-term societal issue that can't be solved shortly, it involves every part of the society such as education, religion, policies, socioeconomic status, cultural differences, etc. And the public should be more aware and through it reflect on a society's moral and ethical values.

My preliminary impression of class discrimination was primarily associated with the unjust treatment of individuals based on their socioeconomic standing and class hierarchy. This bias originates from entrenched stereotypes and prejudices that categorize individuals according to their socioeconomic origins as either superior or inferior, thereby fostering systemic inequalities and obstacles. These causes impact individuals' chances for success, their quality of life, and their ability to move up the social ladder, etc.

Evaluate the article
The lead section of the article did include the introductory sentence and brief description that clearly describes the topic. The article was a little bit concise but still, able to provide an easy-to-understand overview of the article's key points to audiences.

The article's content is divided into various sections and all of them are relevant to the topic. It is up-to-date since the last updated date was January 25th, 2024. Overall I believe the article is objective and doesn't have content that does not belong with it. The topic did relate to historically underrepresented populations, but it didn't have any content that misrepresented those marginalized populations.

Most of the content is mostly neutral and doesn't have a bias toward a particular position or persuade readers to support a specific position. However, in the section "Intersections with other systems of oppression," the viewpoints might be underrepresented because the paragraph more focuses on America's research instead of the universal views. And I do hope this part can have more examples/details to expand the theory and how class discrimination is related to other countries, other systems.

All facts, quotes, and information used are from a reliable secondary source with a clear reference link. Most of the information was from published books or academic online articles, and only a few of the article styles are not quite formal, but based on the website provider/owner, I do think the information is reliable and under the college education sources website. The sources come from a diverse array of authors and publications, which is good and allows this topic to have diverse thinking and perspectives.

The reference link works and is able to enter in, only one or two are expired, and not able to click. Each of the references also connected well with the other and can refer to or assist the article to have a better and clearer explanation. However, most of the sources were from the old resources, and didn't include current sources; the newest references were from 2019.

This is a level-4 vital article that is rated C-class and not a part of the WikiProjects. On the talk page, there's one objection mentioned that there is no solid explanation or logic to support the claim that "Classism started to be practiced around the 18th century." Also didn't mention why ancient class structures do not meet the definition of class discrimination.

I feel the way Wikipedia discusses this topic is broader and has an overview of class discrimination instead of a complicated theory. And throughout the class, we actually covered most of the things mentioned in Wikipedia including the comparison of individual and institutional, how it impacts the media, etc. And I do think we discuss more further and deeper than what Wikipedia shows. However, the example or idea we have is more subjective and still more focused on America's issue and how class level and socioeconomic status affect it.