SOC 436 Grand Canyon University Stratification & Inequality Presentation

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Assessment Description

After reviewing the readings and/or videos on social stratification and race, respond to the following prompts in a presentation consisting of 10-12 slides (Not including the title and reference slides). You can use PowerPoint or another presentation program.

Address the following:

Describe at least one key idea, fact, or historical event that helps you better understand racism and its effects.
What are ways to acknowledge systemic injustices and inequities?
Explain how race impacts the social institution that you have selected.
Identify a form of racial inequality that could be associated with your specific social institution and use theoretical perspectives to explain the social behaviors that perpetuate racial inequality. (GCU 3.4)
Suggest measures and policy changes for the social institution to implement to help alleviate the racial inequality you have identified.

Provide a minimum of three to five scholarly sources to support your analysis and conclusion.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency:

BS Sociology, Social Work

3.4: Analyze the U.S. stratification system in regards to race.

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Racial and ethnic stratification in educational achievement and attainment Kao, Grace;Thompson, Jennifer S Annual Review of Sociology; 2003; 29, ProQuest One Academic pg. 417 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
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SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
AND RACE

A KEY FACT THAT EXPLAINS RACISM AND ITS
EFFECTS
• The socio-economic status difference between the African Americans and the EuroAmericans is a clear demonstration of the racism issue in the US.
• As Marger (2014) observes, African Americans experience higher poverty, unemployment, and
low-income rates than Euro-Americans.
• For example, the proportion of African Americans experiencing poverty, 27%, is close to three
times higher than the proportion of Euro-Americans, 9.9%.
• Also, African Americans' median household income constitutes only 54% of that of whites.

• A similar trend extends to household wealth, with African Americans cumulatively owning
only 1.5% of the national wealth, despite accounting for 13.4% of the national population.

A KEY FACT THAT EXPLAINS RACISM AND ITS
EFFECTS CONT.
• This socio-economic disparity is due to the systemic racism that African Americans have
experienced for multiple years.
• The systemic racism denies them economic and employment opportunities.
• Additionally, as Kao & Thompson (2003) observe, structural disadvantages in education
adversely affect African Americans’ educational outcomes.
• Consequently, this extends to their labor market outcomes, with blacks occupying most of
the low-paying occupations and being underrepresented in high-income jobs.

• The overall effects of this racism include lower quality of life, poor income insecurity, and
economic inequality for the black community.

WAYS TO ACKNOWLEDGE SYSTEMIC INJUSTICES
AND INEQUALITIES
• One way to end systemic injustices and inequities is to acknowledge their existence.
• People must acknowledge the existence of structures and policies that contribute to economic...