Discussion Board 1 Name Institution Date There is a difference between race as socially constructed and race as biologically constructed. Understanding race as a social construct is critical to understanding the capacity of a given race to affect and intersect other domains and aspect of life and the society (Omi & Winant‚ 2014). A social construct is ontologically subjective in that the continued existence and construction of social constructs depends on social groups as well as their imposition
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strongly believe that race is a socially constructed and disagree with the theory that race is a natural phenomenon. Yes‚ different races have different physical features‚ but these physical differences have no affect on the actions‚ beliefs‚ thoughts‚ and etc. of a person. It all comes down to the mind and every person no matter what race they are born overall with the same biological make up of the brain. People can argue that this statement is false and that some races have smarter brains than
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sociologists believe that race is a social construction. Social construction is defined in plain English as something that we the human race created on our own. When sociologists say that race is a social construction they obviously do not mean that we created the variance in physical features of many humans. What they mean is that we coined the term “race” and use it as a separator and an identifier of a large group of people. For example‚ Black‚ White‚ Asian‚ Hispanic these are race classes our society
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Today race is thought of differently than it ever was before. With so many mixes out there it is almost impossible to guess a person’s race based solely on appearance. Race is not something we can see or even prove scientifically. In modern terms‚ “race is a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of society consider important.” (Farrell 2012). Which means race is something made up by humans to categorize people who share biological
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Respond to each question below. 1. Explain how race is socially constructed. Provide evidence that counters a biological explanation for race. Race has been socially constructed throughout history‚ and it continues to evolve and change as society suggests. The prominent society has created‚ grouped together‚ and stereotyped individuals influenced by several factors such as cultural stances‚ religion‚ tradition‚ and the more basic geographical origin‚ and physical characteristics
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gender is one of the major ways we organize our lives. Being as it is‚ human society depends on a predictable division of labor assigning tasks for different people. “Choosing people for the different tasks of society is on the basis of their gender‚ race‚ and ethnicity.” Because of her ethnicity‚ gender‚ and
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A social construction or social construct is any institutionalized entity or artifact in a social system "invented" or "constructed" by participants in a particular culture or society that exists because people agree to behave as if it exists or follow certain conventional rules. One example of a social construct is social status. Social constructionism is a school of thought which deals with detecting and analyzing social constructions. Emile Durkheim first theorized about social construction
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Similar to race‚ gender is also socially constructed‚ while sex refers to biological differences between a man or a woman‚ sex refers to society’s idea of what it means to be a man or a woman. Society creates and prescribes gender roles and gender-appropriate behavior‚ which vary among cultures‚ social classes‚ racial and ethnic groups. Because children don’t understand how they should behave as a man or a woman‚ everything they know about gender is learned through socialization. For example‚ women
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In the article “The Socially Constructed Body‚” Judith Lorber explains insights from Feminist theory that discuss how men and women in a society transform their own bodies to look a particular way in order to achieve the physical image that complies with what society believes is properly “masculine” or “feminine.” She illustrates how these “normal” gender images are not common because they are biologically true‚ but because society has constructed them. Though some aspects are obviously biological
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Think Piece Sociological Significance and Individual Behavior What is the relationship between “definition of the situation” and “socially – constructed reality”? Our social construct provides us with basic assumptions of everyday life. These social influences have an affect on our perception of reality and situations. While with a group of people you mainly hang out with the definition of a situation of a situation will be similar‚ because you all are from the same social group:
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