Privilege

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 Key Points
 Everyone has a unique experience in life.
 Some have been more/less privileged.
 Let us avoid passing judgement on others.
 Allows us to see what privileges society
has given us.
 Be grateful for the experiences we had.

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 SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION
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A system by which a society ranks

categories of people in a hierarchy
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Social
Stratification
• A trait of
society, not
simply a
reflection of
individual
differences

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Social
Stratification
• Persists over
generations

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Perspectives on Social
Stratification

Functionalist
VS
Conflict

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 Functionalist Perspective

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 According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore:

 Social stratification has beneficial consequences for
the operation of society.
 Society must offer those people rewards and
incentives.

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 Conflict Perspective

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 According to Karl Marx and Max Weber:

 Social stratification benefits some at the expense
of others.
 Capitalism and exploitation exist in society.

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 Property (Wealth)
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 Social desirables
-are factors that affect
social stratification. A
The meaning social hierarchy exists
and because of the unequal
Characteristics distribution of social
of Social desirables:
Desirables
 property (wealth)
 power
 prestige

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 Types of Social Mobility
System
Open (Class form) Closed (Caste form)

Based on life achievements

 Hereditary
Determined by the talents, skills,  Purely on ascribes
education etc. of a person
status
Open
No inheritance  Closed
 Positons are assigned

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 Processing
Questions:

Why are some countries

more stratified than
others?

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Social Inequality
The existence of unequal opportunities and rewards
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 Social Inequality

Gender Inequality
Global
Ethnic Minorities Inequality
Other Minorities

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