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Week 4 Assignment 6

Week 4 Assignment 6

Q How is the cultural power of the dominant ethnic group (i.e., white Anglo-Saxon Protestants) exhibited in the US?

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According to the chapter, unequal distribution of resources results in the stratification system among the ethnic groups in a society. The white Anglo-Saxon Protestants are an ethnic group that portrays a stratification system due to its cultural power.The white Anglo-Saxon Protestants are a dominant ethnic group in the United States that has been historically and culturally powerful. This power has multiple causes, including their disproportionate wealth, history as the first settlers in North America and the descendants of English, Dutch, and Norse people, and the cultural models they have passed down to subsequent ethnic groups such as Americans or Canadians.