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4 days ago · Ethnicity: A social construct that divides people into smaller social groups based on characteristics such as shared sense of group membership, values, behavioral patterns, language, political and economic interests, history and ancestral geographical base.
- Kathy Herrlich
- 2011
3 days ago · Ethnicity is a shared cultural heritage. Sociologists study the social significance of the categories of race and ethnicity. Said another way, sociologists want to understand how our life chances and opportunities are shaped by the socially significant categories of race and ethnicity. Thus, the sociology of ethnic and racial relations is about ...
3 days ago · Nation May 27, 2024 5:56 PM EDT. The federal government recently reclassified race and ethnicity groups in an effort to better capture the diversity of the United States, but some groups feel the...
4 days ago · Among the participants assigned to the “nurture” or socioenvironmental narrative treatment, alt-right supporters were nearly three times more likely to describe the article as emphasizing a “strong genetic component to violent behavior” than non-alt-right supporters; moreover, this result persists while adjusting for differences in race ...
3 days ago · A scoping review was chosen to map existing literature and identify research gaps. The scoping review was conducted according to the methodological framework outlined by Arksey and O’Malley that consists of five consecutively linked stages: (a) identifying the research question, (b) identifying relevant studies, (c) selecting studies, (d) charting the data, and (e) collating, summarizing ...
5 days ago · The Critical Race and Ethnic Studies concentration is grounded in a theoretical tradition focused on a critical perspective to understanding race and ethnicity. Through a critical and historical lens, courses in the area interrogate how racial and ethnic categories coalesce around structural inequalities and across multiple geographies.
5 days ago · Historical and comparative analysis of race and ethnic relations. Origins and maintenance of ethnic stratification systems; discrimination and prejudice; the adaptation of communities; role of social movements and government policies in promoting civil rights and social change.
