Social Stratification Part II: Race

Topic 5 DQ 1/100 Words 

Describe the difference between racial stigma and racial stereotyping. Provide an example of each. How do these practices contribute to racial tension in our society? Explain.

Topic 5 DQ 1/ 100 Words

Describe the difference between racial stigma and racial stereotyping. Provide an example of each. How do these practices contribute to racial tension in our society? Explain.

Assignment

Write a 1,000-word analysis on social stratification regarding race

Choose a social institution to describe and analyze the effect that the stratification elements of race have on that social institution. Include the following in your analysis:

1. Explain how race impacts the social institution.

2. Identify a form of race inequality associated with the social institution and use theoretical perspectives to explain the social behaviors that perpetuate the inequality.

3. Suggest measures for the social institution to implement to help alleviate the racial inequality you identified.

Provide a minimum of three to five scholarly sources to support your analysis and conclusion. Additionally, you will need to include statistical data of the expression of stratification regarding Race within the social institution.