Patterns of Inequality

(1) Discuss the stratification system as it affects African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.(2) Identify ways in which institutional discrimination occurs. (3) Discuss ways in which the U.S. experiences occupational concentration across gender lines. (4) Compare and contrast the power elite model and the pluralist model of power and politics in America. (5) Discuss the different types of “participants” in the political system discussed by Marger (and originally identified by Olsen, 1982). Where do you fall in the hierarchy