Ethic Notions

DR. LINZIE SPRING 2013 MARLON RIGGS ETHNIC NOTIONS 1. Which theoretical paradigm is presented in the film to study race relations? This video presents a symbolical integrationist perspective. It evaluates how people in the United States have used symbols to belittle a race of people. Society used certain symbols and caricatures to communicate ideas to the general public. 2. What is socializing? Socialization is the lifelong process by which people learn the slipway of the society in which they get it on.The process by which humans acquire a sense of self or a social identity, develop their human capacities, learn culture, and learn about the expected behaviors. 3. What is culture? (What are the devil main forms of culture? ) Sociologically, culture is the way of life of a people. The dickens main forms of culture are square culture ( all the somatogenetic objects that people have invented or borrowed from other cultures) and nonmaterial culture ( the intangible asset human c reations that include beliefs, values, norms, and symbols). . What is social structure? Social structure is a system that coordinates human activities in broadly predictable ways, shaping relationships and opportunities to splice to others, gives people an identity, puts up barriers to accessing resources and people, and determines the relative ease or difficulty with which those barriers so-and-so be broken. 5. What is identity and how do culture and social structure name identity and socialize new members in terms of these images?The way we live and the people we socialize on a daily basis make a difference on how we identify ourselves. Cultures gives us ideas of what is acceptable and what material objects we have to play, work, and develop. Meanwhile, social structure gives us an advantage, or disadvantage that helps us develop skills and connections that will identify us. 6. What are the names and images used in each socio-economic period? Emancipation (pre/post) -Reconstru ction (pre/post) -Civil Rights (pre/post) NOTES