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An 11 page overview of the social stratification in American society which has served to historically subjugate blacks. This scenario has been complicated by the fact that blacks had less opportunity for education, by discrimination, and by prejudice. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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File: AM2_PPblkStr.rtf
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Historically blacks have been a critical figure in the stratification system which exist in the US. Unfortunately, the positions historically occupied by blacks in this system
have been those on the lower echelon. A variety of societal factors has translated into this position. Historically blacks occupied only blue collar jobs, for example (King).
This scenario was not only dictated by the fact that they had less opportunity for education but also the discrimination and prejudice which were such an integral component of American
society. With limited opportunity for upward mobility, average income remained low if not non-existent (King). Consequently blacks were forced into turning to social welfare, a system which today
plays an even greater role in the continual subjugation of blacks than it ever has in the past. It is now a
commonly accepted premise among sociologists that multiethnic and multiracial societies present numerous societal frictions and concerns. Marger in ""Race and Ethnic Relations : American And Global Perspectives" notes that
many of the problems which confront us today extend back to the original colonization of this country by the Europeans who invaded the homelands of the Native Americans. Similar
occurrences have occurred all over the world between what Marger (52) chooses to call the "dominant culture" and the indigenous inhabitants of the countries which they invaded or the "subdominant
cultures" who eventually settled there. The situation has become progressively more complex in modern society with the continued immigration into established societies of those of different racial and ethnic
backgrounds. In our modern world areas that were once resided in by the "dominant culture" (primarily anglo Saxons) are now occupied
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