Briefly explain how race is both a reality and a myth
What will be an ideal response
Race is a reality in the sense that different groups do inherit distinctive physical characteristics. But race is also a myth because racial categories are not universal, but are social classifications that vary from society to society. Thus, a distinctive biological category of race is a myth.
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Define the term social movement and identify three characteristics of it. Select one social movement from the readings and list the characteristics that demonstrate it is a social movement.
What will be an ideal response?
An example of surgical sexism is
a. the real danger of cancer. b. unnecessary hysterectomies. c. remaining neutral as to the need for hysterectomies. d. refusing to perform hysterectomies that are necessary.
Mia is able to do simple addition. She is demonstrating
a. prose literacy. b. basic literacy. c. quantitative literacy. d. document literacy.
Which of the following characterizes repressive law. Select all, but only those that apply.
a. severe punishment for even minor offense because any deviance violates a strongly held, common morality b. organic solidarity c. crime victimizes other individuals, not society as a whole d. mechanical solidarity