Ethnicity and Social Class: Perspectives and Definitions

HEALTH & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
1. Ethnicity.............................................................................................................................3
Definition of Ethnicity............................................................................................................3
Ethnicity constructed- ............................................................................................................3
2. Social class.........................................................................................................................4
1. Definition of social class....................................................................................................4
Social division........................................................................................................................4
Decriminalization of Homosexuality.....................................................................................5
Feminist .................................................................................................................................5
Equality act 2010-: ................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFRENCES ..................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Ethnicity can be termed out as social group that has common cultural tradition. It is
relates with the large group of people as per common racial, national, religious or cultural origin
(Williams, Kemp and Haslam, 2019). On the other hand, social class termed out as concepts in
social science and political centred on models social stratification in which individual are
grouped in set of hierarchy social categories. The present report is based on ethnicity in first part
and social class in second part. However, report will outline Marxism and functionalism
perspective.
MAIN BODY
1. Ethnicity
Definition of Ethnicity
Ethnicity called out as ethnic and cultural origins of the individual ancestors. These are
the groups that are defined with shared set of evolutionary features that is inclusive of physical
characteristics, similar traits and skin tone (Frossard, Genin and Villez, 2019). Ethnicity is one of
major source of social cohesion and social conflict.
Ethnicity constructed-
This is one of the major term and ethnicity has become the vital issue in the society.
However, ethnicity social constructs defined as term that divides individual into smaller and
social groups that is based on shared sense of the group membership, values, behavioural
patterns, political and economic interest ( Harriss, MacSween and Atkinson, 2019). This is term
that has the way to define the idea in which better ethnicity and culture can be constructed in
better mode.
Ethnicity socialization- Therefore, ethnicity is constructed and its defined in following context
as-
Social stratification- It is termed out as society that categories its people in the rankings of
socio-economic tiers that is mainly based on wealth, income, race, power and education. It is
termed out as the social differentiation in which members of society are grouped unto status of
socio-economic that based on occupation, income and wealth. Creation of ethnicity aids to
identify the norms of society in true perspective (Hennink, 2017). Thus, the crucial theories of
social stratification are outlined as-: