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    out with him on a date‚ and he was determined to make her stand by her agreement. Stage two is the involvement stage. This is when each person learns about each other and to see if the first impressions are correct and to decide if they want to pursue a relationship with each other. During this stage is when people begin to trust and care about each other. This is also the stage when one tries to

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    continues to ensue over dogmas surrounding race and ethnicity. As a young millennial‚ I’ve witnessed the tragedies surrounding the deaths of Eric Gardner‚ Trayvon Martin‚ and Michael brown‚ create tensions tragically felt by communities because of race. According to Webster‚ Race is “A category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits”. It is a difficult social dilemma‚ due to the genetic diversity we experience in the United States. For example‚ one can insinuate that Barack

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    Sunny Patel Autobiography HSS 405-121 Dr. Brooks 7/12/2014 Looking back at the history of Race & Ethnicity I am proud to see how much progress is made in the world. I must say that I am blessed to live in such a diverse society‚ amongst individuals with more rights than those of other countries. My name is Sunny Patel and my family comes from a small village back in India. My young family members such as my cousins‚ sister & myself‚ are considered 1st generation Indian Americans. In my

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    Sociological Forum‚ Vol. 17‚ No. 4‚ December 2002 ( C 2002) RaceEthnicity‚ and Deviance: A Study of Asian and Non-Asian Adolescents in America1 Sung Joon Jang2 This study shows that Asian American adolescents commit less deviance in the form of school misbehavior than white‚ black‚ Hispanic‚ or Native American adolescents. Social control and social learning theories receive support as the observed differences are explained primarily by race/ethnic differences in family backgrounds and school bonding

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    Constructions of Race and Ethnicity Race has always been a significant sociological theme‚ from the founding of the field and the formulation of the "classical" theoretical statements to the present. No society is composed of genetically “pure” people. In spite of this‚ members of society tend to rank themselves into hierarchies based on race with one race assumed to be better than another. Although traditionally in the US the category white has been ranked higher than black or other categories

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    Q.1) what do you understand by social groups? (Define‚ describe and discuss) Ans.- “A group is a set of people engaged in frequent interaction; they identify with one another; they are defined by others as a group’ they share values‚ beliefs and norms about areas of common interest; they define themselves as a group; they come together to work on common tasks and for agreed purposes” Any physical collection of people regardless of the size who share a common interest and works

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    for an individual to become part of it‚ with which they can relate; and this highlights the issue of race and ethnicity. This idea has turned out to be exceptionally delicate in the current past to the degree that it evokes stress in many regions. While studying the society of the United State with regards to its cosmopolitan characteristics and the lifestyle of people‚ it was found that America is of diverse cultures including multiple

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    Defining Race and Ethnicity India S. Colon ETH/125 Cultural Diversity July 14‚ 2010 David N. DiBari MCJ Abstract Racial and ethnic groups have similar meanings according to the readings however there are very distinct characteristics to them as well. According to Schaefer (2006) “The term racial group is reserved for minorities and the corresponding majorities that are socially set apart because of obvious physical differences” (p. 7). Simply put‚ racial groups focus on physical and more

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    Social Inequality in the United States among Minorities By: CLK Have you ever been treated unfair‚ not equal because of your race‚ gender‚ status‚ wealth. Every day in this world people are judged and discriminated against just for these things and sometimes for other simple reasons. So many movements have happened in the United States to try and right the wrong of unequal things against minorities. For example women’s suffrage which was the fight for the right for women to vote

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    Defining Race and Ethnicity The term race is defined as a racial group that is socially set apart because of obvious physical differences. Such as hair color‚ earlobe shapes‚ the color of one’s skin‚ the hair texture‚ and so on for the obvious. On the United States the skin color is another obvious difference the main obvious difference. People in the Unites States have learned informally that skin color is important and hair color is unimportant. Americans have traditionally classified and classify

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