1. Social Class
They soon find comfort and meaning in their new social identity. ... According to Henslin (2010), Stratification is "the relative social position of persons in a given social group, category, geographical region or social unit" (P.298). Derek learns in prison, that stratification and ranking means nothing when it comes to providing goods and services in jail. ...
To calm their fear, whites demand more police presence to ensure social control in black communities. Another explanation is the place stratification theory, which considers "prejudice and discrimination" as factors that prevent integration (Charles, 2003, p. 170). ... "Socioeconomic status and acculturation" determine social mobility (Charles, 2003, p. 170). ... The theory fails to explain this aspect, which the racial threat theory and the place stratification theory address. ...
The social order gets maintained by power in the individuals that possess the greatest economic, political and social resources[ CITATION Oto02 l 1033 ]. ... The social relationships mainly revolve around exploitation and power. ... Goods and services get unequally distributed as a result of social stratification[CITATION Chr04 l 1033 ]. ... However, social stratification in the two countries totally depends on both economic and cultural factors. ... The revolution resulted in changes in the social structure. ...
Throughout the years one can see that the construction of black identity has changed due to white political and social conditions. ... Blacks have used this development of identity to resist, defend, and adapt to the ways of the white political and social conditions. ... I am against the superior-inferior white-black stratification that makes the white a perpetual teacher and the black a perpetual pupil."" ... The article stated that "Indeed, as conditions in the ghetto have worsened and as poor blacks have adapted socially and culturally to this deteriorating, environment, the ghetto has a...