In his work “More Than Just Race,” Julius Wilson illustrated two crucial factors which influence racial group outcomes which are based on the culture and social structure. Through the research of others and his own personal research, Wilson demonstrated how the two factors influence the life in the ghetto, dissolution of the black nuclear family and plight of black males (Wilson, 2009). The work shall illustrate how both cultural and structural forces directly contribute to racial inequality in the society.

According to Wilson, National views and beliefs are more likely to influence racial inequality in the society. In addition, cultural traits such as the shared looks, traditions and behaviors are much likely to influence the way people view each other in the cultural arena. On the other hand, the structural factors such as: the behavior of the individuals in the society such as stigmatization, stereotyping, workplace and educational discrimination are the major structural factors likely to influence the way people live and associate with themselves (Mitchell-Dix, 2015). Other structural factors which might influence the society integration might be influenced by structural factors such as: institutional practices, policies and laws. Both the structural and cultural factors have great impact upon the lifestyle of most people in the society because they influence the level of poverty, nuclear family break downs and joblessness.

Basically, according to Wilson it is more than race cause society inequality in United States. The views and beliefs of the larger society would lead the society to believe that the blacks are culturally poor. Nonetheless, the structural factors such as social and economic mobility are more likely to cause inequality among the underclass (Wilson, 2009). In conclusion, Despite the fact that, it might be hard to eradicate racial inequality in the underclass society, it may even be much harder to eliminate or mitigate the structural and cultural factors causing underclass inequality in the society.