Soc 400

extra-credit essay—to be added to the midterm score. Fifteen (15) total points possible but not assured. Due date, Monday, May 6th by 10:00. Three pages, double spaced.

Prompt: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva discussed the U.S’s transition from a “bi-racial” stratification system to an even more complex “tri-racial system.” Explore Bonilla-Silva’s idea. What does he mean by it? What are two critiques of his idea? Select one sub-population that Adalberto Aguirre, Jr. and Jonathan H. Turner describe in American Ethnicity. Explain the way that the subpopulation fits into the tri-racial system.

To address this effectively, you must consult outside sources. Please document the sources appropriately and carefully as you would do in any type of research based paper.