American History X - Social Stratification
Social Stratification is study of socially-structured inequality in society. The movie American History X deals with social stratification in many ways. Derek Vinyard, the protagonist of American History X, grew up in a white lower to middle class family. Derek’s views of society are directly shaped by his father at an early age. His father is a hard working white American that feels immigrants and blacks are getting extra treatment then whites. He makes the case that a black firefighter was hired simply because he was black even tough a white man scored better on the tests. Economic inequalities truly exist and our government is trying to narrow the gap. Certain theories like structural functionalism state that every facet of the society structural has a function. For example the function or purpose of inequality in income is to encourage people to make the most with what they are capable of. However one can argue that the dumbest rich kids are as likely to go to college as the smartest poor kids. This doesn’t seem fair. In the movie Ameri
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