Discuss the changing social definitions of race
What will be an ideal response?
Feedback: Race is a socially constructed invention used for socially marking groups based on presumed physical differences. While races are thought to be physically distinguishable populations that share a common ancestry, races per se do not actually exist; what persists is the idea that they do. At different times in U.S. history, many of the people considered White today and thought of as the majority group are descendants of immigrants who at one time were believed to be racially distinct from native-born White Americans, the majority of whom were Protestants. Racial categories vary in different regions of the country and around the world. Someone classified as Black in the United States might be considered White in Brazil and Colored in South Africa.
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A) military force B) centralized governmental power C) owning the means of production D) controlling nearby countries
What is the relationship between the individual and the social structure?
a. The social structure has an influence on the individual. b. The individual has an influence on the social structure. c. There is no relationship between the individual and the social structure. d. The individual and the social structure both have an effect on each other. e. The social structure only influences groups, not the individual.
Mel argues that although drugs should still be illegal, drug users should receive treatment and not prison or a criminal record for their offense. Mel is probably a proponent of which of these?
A. drug prohibition B. drug wars C. decriminalization D. legalization
According to Talcott Parsons, one component of a unit act is a(n) ______ that shape choosing between appropriate, and inappropriate courses of action.
a. actor b. ends c. situation d. norms (or values)