Combined the structural-functional and conflict perspectives

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Noel combined the structural-functional and conflict perspectives into his own theory on the origins of ethnic stratification. He tested his theory on the institutionalization of slavery in the south. Discuss the theory in some detail and its application to race relations in the south, specifically on why Africans (rather than, say, American Indians) became the victims of slavery.

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