Racial Stratification

  • Define and apply key concepts related to race, ethnicity, and racial stratification • Describe the mechanisms of racial stratification • Discuss how processes of racial stratification have evolved over time • Discuss institutions of significance for racial stratification • Explain the social construction of race and ethnicity • Provide examples to indicate the extent of racial disparities and proportionality today • Compare and contrast racial outcomes in the post-civil rights era with respect to housing, employment, and credit markets • Interpret basic figures and tables related to racial stratification, racism, and discrimination • Discuss how institutionalized inequalities based on race and ethnicity are maintained and strengthened • Discuss key processes within the criminal justice system that sustain racial categorical inequalities • Describe aspects of the New Jim Crow and the processes that help to create a new racial caste system • Explain why the New Jim Crow is a system of social and racial control • Describe the intended and unintended consequences associated with incarceration and monetary sanctions • Explain how the criminal justice system punishes racialized and poor communities