Explain the difference between race and ethnicity

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KEY CONCEPTS

• The Social Construction of Race

• Race Versus Ethnicity

• The One-Drop Rule

• Racial Formations

• Optional Ethnicities

• Institutional Racism

• Passive Racism

• The Myth of the Biologically Superior Black Athlete

Read Sociology exploring the architecture of everyday life 13 edition ( Chapter 11)

Answer all questions below and upload your file. Assignment questions draw from both the text and the readings. Each question is worth 10 points.

Lesson 6 - Inequality: Race and Ethnicity

1. Describe the experiences of Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Muslim Americans in America. What is one common link among the experiences of people of color in our society?

2. Explain the difference between race and ethnicity. Why are racial categories not natural, biological categories? Provide three examples discussed in the text that support the idea that race is socially constructed. That is, provide three examples of how other societies might categorize race differently than here in the United States.

3. Analyze sociologically in "4 paragraphs", using details from the text, why "Barack Obama isn't white".

4. Discuss the concept of "colorism" and explain some of the findings from various studies on the topic.

5. Explain the concept of cultural appropriation and provide some examples of it. Also, provide one or two examples that are not described in the text.

6. Describe in detail a sociological explanation for black athletic success. How does this contradiction the long-held myth of the biologically superior black athlete?

7. Discuss institutional racism in the housing system, economic system, health care system, and educational system. What are some solutions to institutional racism?

8. How were the needs of black women during the 19th century movement for gender equality different from those of white women? What does Landry mean when she states that for these women, "race and gender are inseparable"? What was the significance of the "clubs" for these black women?

9. Read the box on "Racial Guinea Pigs and Medical Mistrust" and describe the history of racial and ethnic minorities being subjected to medical experiments. Then, discuss how this history is impacting communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.

10. How did inclusion ultimately become an instrument for reproducing white queer power, inequalities, and rendering QPOC invisible in this article? Is it acceptable for some groups to have closed spaces but not others?

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