Patterns of Ethnic Relations: Assimilation, Pluralism, and Identity
KevinLiu
Lecture-ConceptsofSocialStratification.pptxSocial stratification
Understanding Social Stratification
Social Stratification is defined as a relatively fixed, hierarchical arrangement in society by which groups have different access to resources, power, and perceived social worth.
Creates status differences
A system of structured social inequality
Found in all societal types
Social Differentiation
Social Differentiation is a precondition for social stratification
Defines the distinct individual qualities, characteristics, and roles among people
Creates the “Othering Effect”
The degree of “othering” is central in racial and ethnic conflict
Race and Social Stratification Through The Lens of Dylann Roof
Would you consider Mr. Roof a victim of a social stratified society defined through race?
A member of a fixed hierarchical society
Personal social condition of severe deprivation as a member of the majority group - unequal access to relevant resources
Embraced ideology of “white power” though denied the social privilege of being white.
Othered blacks as characteristically different and acted on this by killing 9 members in a South Carolina church group.
Social Inequality
The condition whereby people have unequal access to valued resources, services, and positions in society
Emerges in terms of how individuals and groups are themselves ranked and evaluated by others
Relating to differing positions in a social structure
Social inequality is institutionalized – found in all social institutions
Affects of Social Stratification
Social stratification means that inequality has been hardened or institutionalized, and there is a system of social relationships determining who gets what, and why?
In multiethnic societies, ethnicity is a critical basis of stratification.
Ethnic stratification
Examining Stratification Systems and Effects
Ethnic Stratification
Stratification is not random and is found within all institutions:
Government
Economy systems
Education
Religion
Ethnic Stratification
Stratification is legitimize by an ideology that justify its social inequality
Systems of coercion (normally repressive)
Ruling class and dominated class share fundamental ideological values which accommodate the interest of the ruling class
