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Examples Of Social Stratification In The United States

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The American dream has always been to increase prosperity and for the next generation to do better than the previous generation. In 2008, the United States had a recession which caused a financial crisis. Millions of homes went into foreclosure, stocks declined and layoffs affected the citizens of United States greatly. Social mobility is the movement of a person from one position in a societies stratification system to another position. Stratification refers to a structural ranking in a society. A person can make a horizontal mobility change in position that has equal ranking in a society or a person can make a vertical mobility change meaning they can go up or down in ranking. There are also open and closed stratification systems. An
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