How can the relative nature of poverty be taken into account?
What will be an ideal response?
To take the relative nature of poverty into account, one suggestion might be to define the poor as those families who are on the lowest end of the income scale, say the 15 percent of people with the lowest income. Or the poor may be defined as people in those families with incomes less than one-third of the median household income in the United States.
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One primary difference between functionalist and conflict sociologists who study health and illness is who they choose to study: To a functionalist, “deviants” with illness need to be studied in order to control dysfunction that would undermine social stability; alternatively, a conflict theorist believes that both deviants AND social control agents should be studied.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
It is necessary to measure need in all four dimensions.
SAGE News Clips: Jim Crow Museum of Racist MemorabiliaDescription: This video discusses the recent opening of the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia on the campus of Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan. Led by the efforts of Dr. David Pilgrim, who began collecting symbols of racism during his childhood in Alabama, the museum serves not as a shrine to racism but as a tool to educate and provoke critical thinking among attendees about the mistreatment of African Americans. Now 9,000 pieces strong, the new museum has found a permanent home.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 184, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:The Jim Crow Museum
of Racist Memorabilia contains about 9,000 examples of ______ racial prejudice and discrimination. A. color-blind B. nuanced C. blatant D. unintentional