Explain what is meant by stratification. According to Karl Marx, who benefits from stratification? How does this perpetuate inequality amongst majority-minority groups?
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Answers will vary but should discuss stratification as an unequal distribution of valued goods and services. It is a feature of U.S. society. Every human is stratified to some degree. Society distributes its resources in ways that benefit the majority. Economic stratification results in different social classes. Many criteria (such as education, age, gender, and talent) may affect a person's social class position and his or her access to goods and services. In Marx's view, all societies include two main social classes. One class, the bourgeoisie, owns or controls the means of production. It benefits from that arrangement and exploits and oppresses the proletariat (or the working class). Many in the bourgeoisie are wealthy White males. By exploiting the proletariat, which is largely made up of minority groups, the bourgeoisie can continue oppressing minorities.
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