Week of 2/7 Post 1

I thought this chapter was particularly interesting because Marger presented the dynamics between minorities and majorities in a way that I have never heard before. In chapter 2, I found the idea that a nation’s ethnic minority does not necessarily mean the group is a minority numerically. I always assumed the dominant group was the group with the larger number. I think it would be interesting to witness a population like, as Marger mentions, South Africa where whites are the minority in number yet are considered the majority in social stratification. I wonder if that would ever happen in the United States. Would white males maintain their social status if they became the minority?
Furthermore, I never considered myself, a women, to be a minority. Maybe it is because I haven’t entered into the professional world yet, but, personally, I have never encountered a situation where I have not been given as many opportunities because I am a woman.
I would like to research more into the “glass ceiling” for minorities, including women. I think it would be interesting to find statistics and academic articles on social stratification as far as employment opportunities. I’ve heard about inequality in the work place through other classes but I would like to get into it a little more. It seems to strange to me that in 2011 we allow these inequalities to continue.