What issues of fairness are raised by stratification and inequality with respect to the selected topic (concept from rubric: social justice)?

Discuss social stratification and inequality as they relate to a topic of interest, such as the family, deviance, crime, race/ethnicity or gender., Also address a set of questions related to citizenship, social justice, and ecology (related to social responsibility). These include:
• What role to people play – through their actions and inactions – in generating and maintaining systems of stratification and inequality in society (concept from rubric: citizenship)?
• What issues of fairness are raised by stratification and inequality with respect to the selected topic (concept from rubric: social justice)?
• How might it be possible to overcome inequality in the selected topic. Or put another way, what policies or strategies can be devised to overcome inequality?