Stratification system.

The Question: If you were not present for the class exercise, write a 2-page typed paper discussing how the four forms of class inequality (income, wealth, education, prestige) contribute to the stratification system in the United States. Class inequality is something that cannot be avoided in any society. The inequalities are derived from for basic social characterizations, which are income, wealth, education, and prestige. Members of society earn these class inequalities and from which are …showed first 75 words of 338 total…

…showed last 75 words of 338 total…what affect social stratification but in fact are what make up social stratification. Moreover, social stratification is based on one's wealth. Most people who are wealthy donate large sums of money to charitable causes. Most often this is made convenient by the government for taxation reasons. Society holds high prestige to people who make these sorts of donations. I thought it important to more thoroughly explain how prestige was acquired through wealth. Danny William McGinnis