How does high unemployment contribute to a surplus labor force and also keep wages low? According to the conflict perspective, why do minority groups and immigrants experience higher unemployment or underemployment? How do you think the conflict perspective might explain unemployment or underemployment in members of your family, or in your circle of friends?
The conflict perspective of sociological theories of race and ethnic relations examines how competition over wealth, power, and prestige contributes to racial and ethnic group tensions. In this perspective, white racism is seen as a response to perceived or actual threats to whites’ economic well-being or cultural dominance by minorities. Conflict theorists also suggest that capitalists profit when minorities are disproportionately unemployed because a surplus labor force keeps wages low and maximizes capitalist profit.
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