About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 110. Chapters: Economic inequality, Equality rights, Social inequality, Race, Gini coefficient, Affirmative action, World distribution of wealth, Income inequality in the United States, Sex differences in humans, Article 12 of the Constitution of Singapore, Affirmative action in the United States, Income inequality metrics, Model minority, Health equity, Social interpretations of race, Race and ethnicity in Latin America, Universal suffrage, Stereotype threat, The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, Income gender gap, International inequality, Acting white, Rape by gender, Transportation Equity Network, Wealth condensation, Wealth inequality in the United States, Inequality in disease, The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, Racial inequality in the American criminal justice system, Housing inequality, San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, The Superclass List, List of anti-discrimination acts, Male-female income disparity in Australia, Hypergamy, Sheff v. O'Neill, Ruling class, Special rights, Income inequality in the Philippines, Dominant minority, Equality of outcome, Poplar Rates Rebellion, Serrano v. Priest, Petite bourgeoisie, Racial hierarchy, Double standard, Clemons v. Department of Commerce, Status-income disequilibrium, Second-class citizen, Equal opportunity, Wetback, Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative 424, Convergence clubs, VIP syndrome, Universal manhood suffrage, Distinction. Excerpt: Race is classification of humans into large and distinct populations or groups by factors such as heritable phenotypic characteristics or geographic ancestry, but also often influenced by and correlated with traits such as appearance, culture, ethnicity, and socio-economic status. In the early twentieth century the term was often used, in its biological sense, to denote genetically diverg...