Define race and explain how it differs from ethnicity.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Whereas the general public's definition of race is that race constitutes a group of people who share a set of genetic characteristics and physical features, sociologists believe race to be a social and political construct. Ethnicity is also socially constructed and has to do with culture.
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A) All non-working employable people B) All non-working employable people as well as part-time workers C) All non-working employable people who are actively looking for jobs D) All non-working people regardless of whether they are employable or looking for jobs.
The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) deducts social breakdown expenditures for such things as crime, pollution, and divorce and adds in the value of household work and volunteer work
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created to reduce the inequalities of apartheid?
A. Ghana B. Rwanda C. Darfur D. B & D E. South Africa
Black-white intermarriages in the United States
A) have been decreasing over the past decade. B) are considerably more common than other types of interracial marriages. C) most frequently involve a black husband and white wife. D) All of the above are true.