Some chronic stressors mentioned in the film are: being on guard all the time, having little control at work, living in an unsafe neighborhood, being uncertain about where food will come from, and worrying about one's children.
- What additional stressors can you think of?
- How does exposures to stressors - and resources available to manage them - vary with class position? Describe the societal forces that create and reinforce these stressors.
- What additional set of stressors might racism impose?