Post-Test: One of the enriching aspects of American society is that countless exist within the dominant culture.

"social stratification refers to the way people are ranked and ordered in society. in western societies, stratification is primarily seen and understood as a result of socioeconomic status, which produces a hierarchy in which access to resources, and possession of them, increases from the lower to the upper strata"

answer; the automatic system because it is a "gut reactor"  

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