Describe Black Lives Matter and explain which sociological perspective it is most closely aligned with and why.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Students might address the history of Black Lives Matter (BLM) beginning with Alicia Garza's 2012 Facebook post about the death of Trayvon Martin and evolving to a #Black Lives Matter in 2014 after the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Students should discuss how Black Lives Matter has become intersectional and has expanded nationally and internationally, extending to the realm of social policy. Students should address links between conflict and feminist theories as related to BLM.
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A. gemeinschaft society B. gesellschaft society C. gazelle-like society D. primitive society
Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
In attempting to define what a homosexual is, Kinsey rejected the idea that
a) a person is either exclusively heterosexual or homosexual. b) the human mind invents categories about sexuality and tries to force all persons into those categories. c) a person can have a wide variety of forms of sexual experience. d) human experience, including sexual experience, is a continuum and varies in many ways.
The courts tend to award child custody to someone other than a parent or parents when both parents are:
a. illiterate. b. poor. c. incompetent. d. immigrants.