ethnic stratification and assimilation

Ethnic Stratification and Assimilation The uneven distribution of advantages, material rewards, opportunities and power among groups, is due to stratification within a society. Ethnic stratification is a system of structured inequality in which people receive different amounts of society’s resources based on someone’s ethnic group. Level of power is determined according to a persons differences from the dominant group. These differences are generally cultural and physical. The ethnic groups most similar to the …

…the United States the dominant whites have intentionally and unintentionally maintained their power with the use of prejudices, stereotypes and discrimination. Social interaction between ethnic groups does occur, but is not common. As long as there is separation between these groups and cohesion does not occur, then the dominant white culture will be maintained. Work Cited Marger Martin N. Race and Ethnic Relations: American and Global Perspectives. 4th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1997. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**