Full Description
Combined text/reader for one semester/quarter racial and ethnic relations or social stratification courses.This edited volume focuses on the consequences of structured social inequality for racial and ethnic groups within United States society. It examines the relationship between access to valued resources and the social position of racial and ethnic minorities today. The goal of this work is to show students how oppression, due to race, ethnicity, or gender, still exists today and how it is relevant to their every day lives.
Contents
Chapter 1 Structured Inequality in American SocietyChapter 2 Inequality in American EducationChapter 3 Inequality in American Criminal JusticeChapter 4 Inequality in the American FamilyChapter 5 Inequality in the Economic InstitutionChapter 6 Inequality in the Political InstitutionChapter 7 Inequality in the Health and Medicine InstitutionChapter 8 Inequality in Communities of Color
