Humanities Homework Help. Sociology Racial Discrimination Discussion
Sociology 001-short answers
1.How do sociologists define race and ethnicity?
2,What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
3.How does color-blind racism perpetuate inequality? What role can race consciousness play in addressing this problem?
4.Why are larger proportions of African American and Hispanic men as compared to whites in prison.
6.5.Today, society is more accepting of interracial marriage than it was in the past, but interracial marriage still does not happen nearly as often as it would if love was really never based, at least in part, on racial identification. What were the obstacles to interracial marriage in the past? What are they today?7.What are some of the ways that families teach their children the behaviors and expectations that are associated with gender?
8.Why is divorce more burdensome for women than for men?
9.Young men, ages fifteen to twenty-four, are four to five times more likely than young women to die from car accidents, homicides, and drowning. Explain this statistic in terms of gender socialization.
10.Give an example of one form that gender socialization can take in schools.
How do functionalists and conflict theorists differ in how they approach and understand gender inequality?
11.https://youtu.be/pl8Hq8de9cI (Links to an external site.)
After viewing the video answer the following question in essay form.
What insights have you gained about white privilege in the U.S.? Include examples for your answers.
