SOC101 Lecture 6: Week 6- Social Inequality, Race and Ethnicity
14 Nov 2015
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Social class, inequality and status are embedded into our daily routine. I. e. embedded whether you"re female/ male, age, etc. We make assumptions about others on the basis of their relative class and standing. Connected to class are assumptions of levels of power. Of this status, there is an associated level of power. I. e. your boss has a power over you. In modern times, the power associated with social class is much more indirect and subtle. I. e. very hard to tell who is wealthy or who is not walking down the street but power is still there. However, in canadian society, social class does matter. People of higher social status, enjoy the advantages of power and advantage in various forms. Power relations are often muddied by interconnections with other patterns of inequality. Social factors such as gender, race and ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, and immigrant status play important mediating role. Social stratification is one of the foundational concerns in sociology.
