Why is it important to use a sociological perspective for understanding American dominant-minority relations?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may vary but students should discuss that dominant-minority relations are shaped by large social, political, and economic forces. To understand the evolution of America's minority groups is to understand the history of the United States. Minority groups have worked to serve the desires of dominant groups. A sociological perspective helps us better understand not just why, but how dominant-minority relations were formed--as well as why they are still allowed to persist today.
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a. nonmarital childbirth. b. abortion. c. a quick marriage. d. adoption.
Which of the following was a consequence in the l960s and l970s of the baby boom?
a. The number of elderly people decreased. b. The population pyramid remained essentially the same. c. There has been a decrease in the number of people entering the labor force. d. There was an increased demand for higher education.
Durkheim's concept of anomie refers to a ______.
A. state of normlessness B. social fact C. small, premodern society held together by kinship ties D. large, modern society with a specialized division of labor