Stratified

Stratified-The Random House Unabridged Dictioanry mentions a sociological aspect to this term dealing with hierarchy and oganization into classes. This deals with Takaki's Pacific Crossings as on p. 252-253 that white planters attempted to do this by stratifying the ethnic groups of workers. This way they could pit them against one another and wouldn't rebel agasint the plantation owners themselves. Also, Japanese immigrants were viewed as lower by white society and were barred from citizenship as stated on p. 273. It also deal with Brodkin's How The Jews Became White in that blacks were placed on a lower level than whites through the GI Bill and FHA on pp. 44-50. Black neighborhoods and houses were considered lowly by the FHA and banks would then refuse to loan out moeny to improve them. Blacks and other minorities were also refused educational and career opportunities given by the GI Bill as it only favored those veterans thate were white.