An example of structural discrimination is:   A white police officer   A person of color being admitted into a selective college   A woman being offered a competitive promotion   A policy that results in greater resources funneled to a primarily white school district

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An example of structural discrimination is:

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A white police officer

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A person of color being admitted into a selective college

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A woman being offered a competitive promotion

 

A policy that results in greater resources funneled to a primarily white school district

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From a sociological point of view, the term discrimination can be defined as the practice or any action that is often meant to provide disadvantaged or excludes or even differentiate the individuals based on their caste, sex, race, gender, etc. In this subject, discrimination has been studied into two categories- first, sociology sees discrimination as a social phenomenon, secondly, discrimination as the explanation to observe the other social phenomena. Many sociologists also see the term discrimination as the explanation and observation of social phenomena of certain interests, such as Social Stratification.

The term social stratification can be defined as the categorization of people into various social groups on the basis of Certain socioeconomic factors such as financial condition, wealth, education, income, age, race, gender, occupation, ethnicity, and social status. 

 

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