Social Inequality

Economic Capital

Social Capital

Educational Capital

Charecteristic of Society

social resources unequally
dristibuted

seen in categories of people

this is not based on
individual abilities

Exists over Generations

linked to family

inheretance of social resource

social position is ascribed

Supported by patterns of
beliefs and idealogies

great social privilege--> strong
support for stratification

Pre-concieved opinions or attitudes

held by members of one
group towads another

based on hearsay

not based on direct evidence

do not change even with
new information

positive or negative

Fixed and inflexible charecterisations
of a group of people

fix whole groups into
homogeneous categories

refuse to recognize
variation among individuals

treat communities like a single
person with one trait

actual behavior towads
another group

disqualify one group from opportunities

may not be open or explicitly stated

presented as motivated by other
justifiable reasons