In today’s day in age, you would think that racism, sexism, stereotyping, and any act of discrimination or prejudice would be put to an end. From a functional, conflict, and interactionist perspective, all three have different, causes, consequences, and solutions to the social problem of racism.Ethnocentrism and racism maintain the status quo by dividing individuals along racial and ethnic lines in a conflict perspective. Now that the voters of the United States have elected our first President of color, I do not think the issue of racism is moot in America. Racism, discrimination.