Combined text/reader for one semester/quarter racial and ethnic relations or social stratification courses.



This edited volume focuses on the consequences of structured social inequality for racial and ethnic groups within United States society. It examines the relationship between access to valued resources and the social position of racial and ethnic minorities today. The goal of this work is to show students how oppression, due to race, ethnicity, or gender, still exists today and how it is relevant to their every day lives.