Discuss its contribution/relationship to race and gender stratification–including the name(s) of specific racial and ethnic, sex and gender group(s) the policy targets (directly or indirectly)–and discuss its relevance to some current event or policy in action today that centers race/ethnicity and sex/gender.

Race and gender stratification

Choose one of the policies from the Virginia Codes, Art Munin Policies list, or either one of the 13th, 14th, or 15th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
You may choose one not on the list but it should exist between the 15th and 19th Centuries, and you must provide a link to the policy.

Discuss its contribution/relationship to race and gender stratification–including the name(s) of specific racial and ethnic, sex and gender group(s) the policy targets (directly or indirectly)–and discuss its relevance to some current event or policy in action today that centers race/ethnicity and sex/gender.

Feel free to link to the source of the current issue/policy/law.
Respond to one other person in the Forum.