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4.2 examine the role of social stratification in the organization of human societies, in relation to gender, race, and socio-economic status
• Define social stratification and its related concepts (i.e., status and role).
• Apply appropriate theories to the concept of social stratification.
• Formulate a hypothesis regarding positive and negative implications of social stratification in a society.
• Investigate examples of the relationship between stratification, power, and inequality.
Listed below are the names of people, places, policies and cases that have been impacted by discrimination.
Using the websites provided and other resources, seek out the answers to the questions regarding each individual. Note taking will be very important for this activity. Take notes answering the probing questions about each person/topic (example: ‘Who was Manzo Nagano?’ is a probing question). Also keep track of the websites you use; bookmark them or copy and paste the website url (ex. www.sociology12.ca) into a word document.
Part I: Research the following:
1. Manzo Nagano
http://www.famouscanadians.net/name/n/naganomanzo.php http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=ArchivedFeatures&Params=A241
Who was Manzo Nagano? When and where did he live? What kind of discrimination could Nagano have faced? What are some other historical examples of this type of discrimination?
2. Toronto Shantytown
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0114/p1s3-woam.html
Who is Karl Schmidt? What happened to him? Is this discrimination? If shantytowns represent a form of discrimination in Canadian society then who has the power? Who does not have power?
3. Pierre Trudeau “There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.”
http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/rights_freedoms/clips/2671/# http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/samesexrights/timeline_canada.html
Why did Pierre Trudeau say this? When did he say it? What events occurred before or after? Can you say that there were long term and short term impacts on Canadian society resulting from this statement?
4. Everett Klippert
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/samesexrights/timeline_canada.html
Who is Everett Klippert? What happened to him? When did it happen? How is Klippert an important figure in Canadian history? How is his story integral (part of) to Pierre Trudeau’s statement and the events resulting from it?
5. Nellie McLung
http://www.mta.ca/about_canada/study_guide/famous_women/nellie_mcclung.html
Who is Nellie Mclung? When did she live? What rights did she fight for? What kind of discrimination did she experience? What did she do about it?
6. Affirmative Action
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/affirmative-action/
What is Affirmative Action? Who does it apply to? Who benefits from it? Does affirmative action give power to some people but not to others? Who are the people with or without power? Do you think affirmative action is “reverse discrimination” or an unfair advantage to members of minority groups?
7. Sparks v. Dartmouth/Halifax County Regional Housing Authority (1993).
http://www.escr-net.org/caselaw/caselaw_show.htm?doc_id=404252
Do you think discrimination took place in this case? Why or why not? Is discrimination always easy to prove? How is this case different from the case of Shantytowns?
Part II: Do Something with your Research!
Use the information you gleaned from the web to synthesize (create) a discrimination profile for Three (3) of the topics from the web quest. For Each Discrimination Profile You Should:
1. Describe the situation in which discrimination took place.
2. Explain of the type of discrimination (racial, gender, sex, socio-economic, religious, or another form).
3. Suggest possible reasons or motivations for this type of discrimination. For example, did someone benefit from it? Was it because of fear? Was it to assert dominance or superiority over another group?
Discuss the relationship between this instance of discrimination and the concepts of social stratification, inequality and power. (Does the situation support or maintain social stratification? Does/did the situation deal with power relationships or inequality between two groups?)