- 27 Mar, 2021
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ethnic stratification
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Please respond to the following questions in numbered paragraphs. Your full response should be one page long, integrating insights from the week’s lecture, reading, and case study. (You will not earn credit for your response if you go beyond one page or integrate resources outside the module’s materials.) Please submit your response, as a PDF or image file and by the stated deadline, through the module’s Assignments function.
How do two of the three stratification systems – class stratification and racial/ethnic stratification – relate to this case study? Define each and apply.
Black American women are three to four times more likely to die from childbirth than white women.
How does the third system – gender-based stratification – relate to this fact? Define and apply.
Notably, the race-based discrepancy in maternal mortality holds across class: high-income and wealthy Black American women are also at increased risk of maternal mortality. What is your hypothesis (or educated guess) for why income/wealth-based advantages do not protect Black women from this risk?
Based on your hypothesis, what social changes are necessary to reduce all Black American women’s maternal risks (regardless of their class status)?