Describe the five main distinctions between race and ethnicity described in the text
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. Race is singular (you are assumed to have only one) while ethnicity can be multiple.
2. Race is rigid, thought of as unchanging, while ethnicity is more fluid.
3. Race is compulsory, mostly imposed from outside the individual by society, while ethnicity is often something people can choose to identify with or not.
4. Race is believed by many people to be physiological, while ethnicity is based on cultural differences.
5. Race is ranked—it is a system created to rank racial groups in a hierarchy and produces inequality. Ethnicity is not necessarily ranked this way.
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a. Postmodernism b. Symbolic interactionism c. Conflict theory d. Functionalism
Becky notes the importance of gender-role socialization and suggests that changes need to be made in what children learn from their families, teachers, and the media about appropriate masculine and feminine attitudes and behavior. Becky is advocating principles that follow the _______ feminism perspective
a. radical b. liberal c. socialist d. multicultural
According to Lenski's approach, change in society would be brought about by ________
a. the invention of the telephone. b. conflict between workers and factory owners. c. the founding of new religious movements. d. the extent to which people share moral values.
Symbolic interactionist theories focus on how people use shared symbols and construct society as a result of their everyday interactions.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)