Course Description
Summary
How is American society stratified on the basis of race and social class? What are the social categories of race and class and how are these defined and reified through institutional structures? What are the consequences of inequality for a democratic society? Through examinations of classical and contemporary sociological texts, we will identify and interrogate patterns of social stratification in the United States. Engaging with the current sociopolitical climate, we will investigate the ways in which struggles for power have been, and continue to be, waged on the battlegrounds of social identities.
