![]() Caucasian/white race is considered to be the high above the rest in social stratification with the black race ranked lowest.Įthnicity, on the other hand, is a grouping of people based on commonly shared factors such as culture, ancestry, language and nationality. This classification has brought about negative bias in which one race is considered inferior to another based on their skin color or other dominant physical trait, e.g. ![]() They share a common physical appearance such as skin color, hair color, and jaw/bone structure. Race is a social group of people who share common biologically inherent trait considered significant by the society. Members of a race can also discriminate each other based on gender or ethnicity. It views racism as a social vice that is practiced from one race against another. It fails to explain how the elements of ethnicity within a race promote further discrimination. However, structural functionalism gives a rigid outlook in the definition of race. the English might consider Italians to be of low social standing, though both are white, but of different ethnicity. Conflict can also arise from within the member of the same race who share no common ethnicity, e.g. Assimilation demands that subordinate racial groups conform to the dominant group while pluralism implies mutual respect among diverse groups. It is common to find that such conflicts within the racial, social structure can easily be solved by either assimilation or pluralism. Racism may emerge from such activities as colonialism and immigration. The social importance of race is derived from a process of racial formation any biological significance is relatively unimportant to society. A means of conflict between two people can bring change.Ĭonflict can emerge between member/elements within a given social structure, most notable between races. It explains that change can emerge between a human being and their society since human beings can think and act against situation that is not satisfactory to them. The conflict perspective encourages conflict in the society by focusing on the incompatible aspect of the society. The society is hence held together by consensus of its members. The society maintains its stability, order and progress when social organs, structure and institutions coordinate and cooperate with each other just like in a normal biological organism. This perspective suggests that conflicts emerge within the social structures due to incompatible relationships. ![]() It focuses on maintenance and continuation of social order. It is assumed that stability and order in a given society is brought about by widespread agreement. This equilibrium in the society can be attained and is based on two perspectives, either the consensus perspective or conflict perspective.Ĭonsensus perspective proposes that the equilibrium is only seen in the society when there is the absence of conflict. According to structuralism, the world is composed of mutually interrelated part and how they operate as systematic wholes to maintain equilibrium. ![]() At the center of the analysis are social structures from which social functions are deduced. Functionalism focuses on society as a complete unit in terms of function of its constituent elements such as norms, customs, traditions, and institutions, etc. Structural functionalism is a sociological perspective that interprets the society as a structure with interrelated parts. ![]()
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