Essays and Research Papers on Race Politics & Society

Caulfield and De Jesus on Women’s Issues in Brazil: This 6-page essay is based on the hypothetical question and answer panel set up to interview these two authors. Both Caulfield and De Jesus wrote extensively about issues relevant to specific gender inequities in Brazil in In Defense of Honor and Child of the Dark respectively. ...

6 pages. It is very important to high volume restaurant owners that everything about their restaurant be geared toward the consumer in the most profitable and serviceable way possible. For this reason, not only is the food and service carefully considered within the organization, but that of the social environment is considered as well. If the customer ...

6 pages. According to some of the early Chicago School sociologists, many American cities would incorporate groups of ethnoracially distinct migrants and immigrants in a similar fashion. Their claim was that these would be more or less identical for different groups. This theory will be evaluated by comparing the process of twentieth century urbanization in America among ...

A paper which looks at the social and economic policies which William Wilson puts forward in The Truly Disadvantaged, which are designed to eliminate the need for anti-discrimination legislation as such by offering greater equality of opportunity on a individual basis, rather than by ethnic or racial grouping.

This 5 page paper takes a worldview, with a focus on prejudices that are entrenched in American culture. The Museum of Tolerance is a springboard for discussion. Bibliography lists 1 source.

6 pages. A critical analysis of the African American plight in the early twentieth century shows us of the duality of consciousness in which these people strove to make as one. While trying to identify as Americans on the one hand, on the other hand they encountered the haunting fact that to be black is to be denied full ...

An 8 page essay that contrasts and compares the positions taken by Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith in their book Divided by Faith and the stance of David Hollinger in Postethnic America. The writer summarizes the main arguments from each text and then discusses them. No additional sources cited.

This 7 page report discusses the idea that globalization at the start of the 21st century has proven itself to actually have created two worlds rather than one. What has also shown itself as commonplace is the fact that the “haves” have significantly more than the “have nots” and the gap that has always existed between the two has widened ...

An eight page paper which compares David Roediger’s The Wages of Whiteness and Henry Yu’s Thinking Orientals, in terms of the authors’ analysis of the development of racial consciousness and the importance of class and cultural interaction in the formation of the concept of race, and the way in which it utilised within both the ...

A 10-page research paper on Lorraine Hansberry’s watershed 1959 play. Included are a synopsis, the thesis, and an analysis of the characters’ actions. Lists 1 source.

6 pages in length. Turn-of-the-century urbanization proved to be a positive move with regard to overall growth; however, it was at the same time a curse upon the people who attempted to keep up with the nation's rapid development. Problems developed as spurts of new cities continued to sprout up virtually overnight, and ...

5 pages in length. The Latino and African American populations lack support addressing their issues of pain, violence, grief and personal conflicts, which ultimately restricts their ability to participate both actively and positively in community leadership agendas. As well, this absence is based upon a lack of leader development programs, a concern that ...

A 6 page paper which presents the sociological concepts of the terms race and ethnicity. The paper also discusses racial minorities in the United States and racial discrimination in the United States. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper that discusses the hate crimes against Arab Americans and others of Middle Eastern descent since the attack on America. There has been a huge backlash against these people, in terms of both physical and verbal assaults. The paper reports some of the incidents across the nation and the effect on these ...

This 5 page report discusses how anthropologists have invented categories of social behavior or institutions and use them in order to study the pattern of life lived by a group of people even if the individuals within such a group may not necessarily be personally living what the larger group or institution would suggest. Examples of where groups overlap ...

This 5 page report discusses the sociological perspectives presented by Oliver Cromwell Cox and S. Mills Wright in light of hostilities that have broken out in the U.S. that have been directed at Arab Americans. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the book "The Emperor's Giraffe" by Samuel M. Wilson as it relates to cultural assimilation. Wilson's book argues that contact between cultures often results in the discovery of commonalties, and later leads to assimilation. The assumption is examined. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

A 6 page report on the interview process with a seventy-four year old widowed female of mixed Cherokee heritage. Asserts that the interview process can allow a student to quickly come to the realization that individual behavior and relationships with other members of society can vary according to a number of cultural factors, ...

A five page paper which considers some of the social, economic and political reasons which underlie the division between developed and underdeveloped nations on a global level and considers the ways in which the balances might be redressed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at reasons why it is good to have many multicultural resources on the Internet as well as to provide many examples of what already exists. The other side is also discussed, which suggests that multicultural overload is not good. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 9 page paper which discusses various aspects the Vietnam War as it impacted American culture. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 7 page paper. The common belief is that children learn to be prejudiced against those who are different than themselves through socialization. In other words, they learn these negative racial and ethnic attitudes from their parents and other important persons in their lives as they are developing. The research says differently. Bibliography lists 7 ...

This 10 page paper deals with racism from the a sociological viewpoint, citing many examples, including books by James McKee and Stephen Steinberg. A look at race relations, affirmative action and their proper perspective in respect to sociological theory is explored. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

5 pages in length. The fundamental purpose behind Jerry H. Bentley's Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts And Exchanges In Pre-Modern Times is to illustrate the manner by which contemporary society was, at least in part, established from religious, political and commerce policy prior to 1492. Considered quite innovative in nature, Bentley's book delves ...

This 5 page paper considers the belief that American is a 'melting pot'. The writer examined toe role of the racial assimilation model and how this has strengths in reducing racism, but a price in the reducing of cultural diversity.