Compare and contrast the structural-functional, social-conflict, and symbolic-interaction analyses of racial and ethnic inequality. What does each focus on as the cause of racial and ethnic inequality? What is one limitation of each approach?
What will be an ideal response?
• Structural-functional theory highlights the importance of culture to social standing.
• Symbolic-interaction theory focuses on how people experience society in their everyday lives.
• Social-conflict theory links race and ethnicity to class—all are elements of social stratification.
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A) working class children learn different values than middle class children B) they learned their female sex roles through the media C) humans have little or no instinctive knowledge of language, facial expression, and other behaviors we take for granted D) they were born brain damaged
"It is absolutely essential that we study the ________ ________ that have created the dominant-subordinate group relations of interest to us."
A) minority sequences B) historical sequences C) ethnic patterns D) racial patterns
In a vacuum aspiration abortion, a vacuum-suction tube is inserted into the:
a. uterus. b. fallopian tube. c. placenta. d. umbilical cord.
A __________ is a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations
a. culture
b. society
c. nation
d. country