Age, Common Interest, and Stratification

Human beings require interaction with one another. It is for this reason that in most large societies, people form groups and relationships with other people. This program looks at the existence of groups in society based on age, common-interest association and social stratification. It examines the role these groups play in helping to organize and structure the larger culture, as well as how they help to preserve or change the existing society. It also looks at the value set the group operates within and how these values do or do not reflect the values of the larger society. Among the groups the program looks at are the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a group of African-Americans formed around a common-interest.