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    Shaleen Seward SOC. 301‚ Race/Class/Gender Writing Assignment December 4‚ 2012 "I am an American‚" says over 308‚745‚538 people in the United States this year ("2010 Census Data.") These people originate from everywhere; America is a "melting pot" of culture‚ and that can unfortunately cause social inequalities to arise through the Matrix of Domination‚ a theory that mirrors the intersectionality of race‚ class‚ and gender‚ as coauthor of Race‚ Class‚ & Gender‚ an Anthology Patricia Hill

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    influence over others Prestige (RESPECT) Social Inequality is structured by: Race‚ Class‚ and Gender a. Individual experience and action (we think of social inequality as a personal experience) b. Built into society through social institutions‚ which permeate society Prejudice- is negative thoughts against others(non-whites the out-group) Discrimination- taking action on prejudice that harms others RACE-is not scientifically valid or useful way to think about human diversity (most ppl

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    Describe the effects of the expansion of race and ethnicity on United States society. Because I was raised around the military community‚ I have been exposed to many different races and cultures. When I married‚ we were a military family for approximately eight additional years. After my divorce‚ I entered into the business world full time and encountered not only different races and cultures‚ but also different religious practices around the holidays. I have always upheld to

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    Race and Ethnicity paper Name Date   Introduction Social construction theory is concerned with how people think about and even uses categories to structure people’s experiences and their analysis of the world (Giddens‚ Duneier‚ & Appelbaum‚ 2003). Social categories such as stereotypes and social ideas are socially constructed then they are accepted as the new reality even though there are facts to those situations. There are various ethnicity or race depictions in various TV shows globally which

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    Chapter 10 Social Significance of Race and Ethnicity - Race: people who share physical characteristics‚ such as skin color and facial features that are passed on through reproduction - social construction: a societal invention that labels people based on physical appearance. - Skin color‚ hair texture‚ and eye shape are examples of unequal treatment - Ethnic Group: a group of people who identify with a common national origin or cultural heritage that includes language‚ geographic roots‚ food

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    Gender Schemas: Effects on Individuals and Society A person’s gender schema affects how they treat all other people regardless of age‚ race‚ or social position; because we assume that everyone fits into one of two categories: male or female. There are other cultures that do not have a binary gender schema‚ and allow people to occupy a “third position” combining traits that Americans would see as male or female. It is unfortunate that gender schemas are so restrictive and create expectations

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    Race and Ethnicity in Law Enforcement Hiring 1 Race and ethnicity play a significant role in law enforcement. This is true in both how communities are policed‚ as well as what the racial and ethnic make up is of a law enforcement entity. On the application at the police department I work for‚ there is verbiage that says‚ “Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.” Why is this present? It may be that the department really does want women and minorities to apply‚ (I believe this

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    Race and Ethnicity in the United States LaRinda Brown ETH 125 Dr. Vera Gill February 24‚ 2011 What has helped me better understand or relate to other minority groups is to first not always believe what society says about a minority. One should never prejudge one minority or another without doing your own research to understand why they do a certain thing or act a certain way. All minorities are diverse yet they all have the same thing in common they are considered minorities because of

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    RACE AND ETHNICITY A. Cult of Ethnicity The US escaped the divisiveness of a multiethnic society by a brilliant solution: the creation of a brand-new national identity. The point of America was not to preserve old cultures but to forge a new‚ American culture. This was the ideal that a century later Israel Zangwill crystallized in the title of his popular 1908 play The Melting Pot. The new American identity was inescapably English in language‚ ideas and institutions. The pot did not melt everybody

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    advice to clients. Doing this will prevent me from making a client uncomfortable. Another thing the book stated which made me think a lot is the comment about race. It said that race is a social construct‚ not a scientific or biological fact. It was interesting learning about how race developed into a hierarchically issue. Race and ethnicity are different things and people do not realize the differences between the two. I have several questions from chapter four. When interacting with clients‚ if

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