In all societies, people receive different shares of what is valued and scarce. This unequal distribution of societies resources creates a system of stratification. People are grouped on the basis of how much of the society's rewards they receive, and these groups, are then arranged in a rank order. The group that has the highest rank has all the power. Power underlies all forms of stratification. The power of the ruling class is not only a powerful force, but also has the power to sustain an ideology that legitimizes the system of inequality.
In regard to ethnic mobilization and nationalization, The dominant ethnic group is the one at the top of the ethnic hierarchy, they have maximal access to the society's power resources, particularly political authority, and they control of the means of economic production. The dominant ethnic group is given the power
However, race is the cause of many injustices. Injustice occur because people must blame others for all of their problems and who better to blame than someone who look different from you, someone who’s culture is different from yours and who you feel can‘t financially, politically, or socially compete with you and your economic status. When there was no racial differences people would always find something else. Look out in the world where there are societies of homologous racial make. They still have problems, but they are blaming their problems on people of another religion, or social class, etc. Legal equality is the only real answer. Everyone should be treated equally under the law regardless of race, religion, financial status or political office. No group or person should have any privilege denied to another. However, the reality is that if you ar
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