DESCRIBE SOCIAL HIERARCHIES AND DISCUSS THEIR RELEVANCE FOR ETHNIC STUDIES.

Describe social hierarchies and discuss their relevance for ethnic studies.

Describe social hierarchies and discuss their relevance for ethnic studies (Thompson, 2005).

Social Hierarchies and Ethnic Studies (Thompson, 2005).

Social Hierarchies and Ethnic StudiesIntroduction

Social classes have been a contentious issue all around the world having many concerns and models based on its existence. In developed nations like the Unites States, there are six social classes. The rich or "capitalist class", "upper middle" and "middle class" comprising of educated and powerful professionals doing white collar jobs, the "working class" employed as blue collar workers at clerical ...