eTwinning Project 'Tolerance'

1. Sometimes dreams
. are wiser than waking.
Social inequality
LEPL Village Ghebi Public School of Oni Municipality
The founder of the project `Tolerance` - Tamari Samsonidze

2. BE THE CHANGE
you want to see
IN THE WORLD. Mahatma Gandhi – Civil Rights Activist

3. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断
WATER DROPS PIERCE STONE;
ROPE SAWS CUT WOOD.
Chinese Saying

4. Defining social inequality :
- Lack of/uneven access to the social amenities that are necessary for an adequate standard of living.
- The exclusion of people from full and equal participation in societal events/structures that are perceive to be
important, valuable (economically, socially, culturally), personally worthwhile and socially desirable.
Gustav Flaubert – French Novelist

5. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
o Way society is organizedinto hierarchical layers
or strata .
• Unequal distribution of society’s rewards.

6. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
• Income and wealth
• Race and ethnicity
• Gender
• Age
Every society has some systemof stratification, and eachsystemof stratification tends to endurefrom
generation to generation.

7. Sometimes dreams
. are wiser than waking.
Black Elk – Oglala Sioux Medicine Man

8. STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS
Societies use stratification systems to
rank different groups.
• SLAVERY
• CASTE
• CLASS
Alan Turing – British Computer Scientist

9. SLAVERY •
Stratification system in which one person has
complete control over another
Maya Angelou – American Poet

10. If you can't fly, then RUN.
If you can't run, then WALK.
If you can't walk, then CRAWL.
But whatever you do,
YOU HAVE TO KEEP MOVING.
Martin Luther King, Jr. – Civil Rights Activist and Pastor

11. MODERN SLAVERY •
Modern slaves exist in countries all around the world
• Kevin Bales
millions of ‘disposable people’ trapped in incredibly harsh conditions
of forced servitude.

13. CASTE •
Stratification systemin which people are assigned to the social group
(caste) of their parents.

15. CLASS •
In a class system, a person’s place in the social
system is based on achieved statuses, which are
earned or chosen. • Those born in a class
system can choose their educational level,
careers, and spouses. • Movement up or down
the social hierarchy is a major characteristic of
the class system.

16. SOCIAL INEQUALITY •
Social inequality
people have unequal access to scarce and valued
resources in society