Answer Questions A, B, C (Open Book)
Use quotes from the text and cite (Trevino, 2021, p. )
250 word minimum per answer.
Question A-Using pp 35-37, define and explain social class; discuss American views of social class; answer the question: Is the US a classless society? What are some points made about US history, class structure, and the self-made myth that problematize the idea of a classless society? What are some pros and cons of viewing people according to SES (socioeconomic status) and their own assessment of their class ranking (pp 36-37)? Lastly, how do concepts of social mobility (p 37), inequality, difference between income and wealth, and the intersection between race and class assist our understandings of social class (pp 38-43)? You might use the experiences of farmworkers to enrich your discussion (pp 43-44).
Question B-Define and explain race and racism (p 58); ethnicity and symbolic ethnicity, addressing why its important to distinguish between the two (p 59); provide some brief discussion about issues and stats related to racial and ethnic groups in the US (pp 61-62); and explain the significance of immigration and immigration issues in the section From Dream Act to Protecting the Nation(pp 62-65). Lastly, what is the difference between individual discrimination and institutional discrimination; how does institutional racism operate in the criminal justice system; and briefly discuss the race relations cycle, specifically assimilation and its modifications (segmented assimilation, bumpy-line assimilation) and some challenges to assimilation theory, such as durable ethnicity and the ethnic core (pp 74, 76-77).
Question C-Define gender inequality and provide some explanations and examples (e.g. the discussion of Title IX in the textbook, pp 92-95 or the gender gap in STEM and gender wage gap in work and the family, pp 97-101). Lastly, identify and explain each the different types of feminism (pp 109-110) and queer theory (pp 113-114).
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