Social Inequality In The United States

One can define social stratification as the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy. This means that people are divided by their gender, race, class, or age depending on what is important to society. Stratification also leads to social inequality. Social inequality is the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and prestige among members of a society. Like for an example, in the United States being wealthy, white or male is a higher status than a person who is poor, nonwhite, or female. With that being stated, then I am at the bottom of the total pole, since I am a Black female in the United States. So with those things in mind we will discuss the major systems of stratification that shows how inequality plays a major
It was a profit for only the owners because the slaves were not paid for their labor. Slaves were forced to work in harsh conditions and physical abuse. There are many ways to become a slave like through debt, warfare, crime, and the worst way was through being captured and kidnapped. This caused the slave trade from Africa to America. Just by looking at the Slave Trade, one can see how the minority was at a disadvantage.
This system of stratification is still going on today; one can examine human trafficking and sex slaves. There are even people that are in America that will support slavery elsewhere in the world, because it satisfies the demand of products. One can even take being forced to marry someone or child soldiers as other conditions of slavery. As we have talked about slavery, the main people that were affected by this were nonwhite and
Social class is based on access to such resources as wealth, power and prestige. It is less ridged than the caste system. If I was in the caste system I would not be able to change my ranking in society. If my great-grandfather was working class, then I am in the working class, however, the social system allows people to change their status. For an example, my family is in the working class, but it does not make it so that I will only be in the working class ranking as I get older. I am also able to move up in the material status by making my own money and getting the education needed. There are only a percent of upper classmen ladder and thirty percent in the working