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When we played Monopoly in class on Monday I was in Group 3 which represented single females. If I remember correctly, we were given $870 at the start of the game. The biggest issue we had was jail. Every time we rolled doubles, we were sent to jail. Apparently my teammate and I are prone to rolling doubles because we did so almost every roll. When we were in jail the only ways to get out were to pay $100 or wait three turns. At the beginning of the game, we were upset that we were in jail all the time, but then later we realized that it was kind of a good thing; we weren't spending any money in jail. However, after rolling doubles many times in a row, we started getting a little annoyed at how often it happened. Our experience was very roller coaster-like; we would be excited at getting out of jail, but then would immediately get thrown back in.

Sociopoly related to real life in many ways. Group 1, who represented whites, was privileged throughout the entirety of the game. They were given the most amount of money to start, and received the most amount of money for passing Go. I’m not sure how they got into jail without picking a card, but Group 1 at my game never went to jail. But I’m sure if they were sent to jail, it’d be pretty easy to get out. Certainly a lot easier than it was for Group 3 or 4. Group 1 was also given houses every time they passed Go. With all these privileges, it actually would have been difficult for Group 1 to lose or come close to bankrupt. It was easy for them to buy properties, and then they were given the opportunity to put houses on their properties. Group 2 also had a lot of opportunity throughout the game…definitely more than Group 3 or 4. I really enjoyed playing Sociopoly and I thought it did a really good job at representing groups in real life.