Essays and Research Papers on Race Politics & Society

This 7 page paper examines the argument that globalization undermines and erodes sovereignty of the nation state. The paper examines the concept of sovereignty and then looks at the way it may be eroded by supranational bodies, such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization. The paper also considers the increased economic integration ...

4 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses the prevalence of diversity issues within social, community and workplace environments. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper relates an ethnographic study. The purpose of this study is to integrate an ethnographic study as the basis for understanding why minorities and women are underrepresented in the faculty of this college. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 12 page paper expands an ethnographic study and explains in greater details the social climate, the ethnic and social culture, and the values that are identified for each of the individuals within the minority community. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 10 page paper which explores entrapment, displacement, and concealment in relationship to education, family and community. The paper also addresses how culture can create a sense of displacement and entrapment as seen through Esmeraldo Santiago’s work “Almost a Woman.” Bibliography list 3 sources.

This 7 page paper examines the issue of segregation today, looks at liberal and conservative responses to the issues, and identifies logical fallacies in the reasoning of both side. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines Henry David Thoreau, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, and Cesar Chavez as they relate to nonviolent protest. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page discussion of the many factors that have influenced racial discourse in Great Britain over time. These include immigration, globalization, and liberalism. The Internet too has been an important factor in changing racial discourse. One of the most influential factors in British discourses of race in recent years, however, has ...

An 8 page paper examining demographic data for a culturally and ethnically diverse suburb town, followed by a discussion of how culture and race are dealt with by the police, business owners, community leaders and other members of the community. Most of the population of 25,000 claims cultural, ethnic or racial identification with specific ...

A 12 page research paper that investigates this issue. There has been a dramatic increase in recent decades in interfaith marriages. Historically, Catholicism and Judaism have taken the strictest position against adherents to these faiths marrying outsiders to their beliefs. An examination of the rationales behind each of these positions shows that the reasons why ...

A 3 page discussion of how cultural traditions are transformed with immigration to a new country. This transformation results in changes in interaction between more traditional members of a community and those that are more open to new lifeways. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 26 page paper discussing a qualitative study investigating unintentional racism. It is clear that racism continues to thrive in America. Fringe groups nurture hatred of difference and seek to recruit others to their way of thinking (or rather not thinking), but far more individuals find themselves experiencing unintended and unwanted racism within ...

A 4 page paper which examines whether Ruth, in James McBride’s work “The Color of Water,” was a conformist or non-conformist. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper addresses some questions relative to the process of immigration. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper which discusses how non-violent approaches have helped solve racial issues in the past, and how non-violent approaches could help with the war on terrorism today. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the persistence of racism in American society and which also examines possible solutions and attempts at solutions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page overview of the manner in which class affects various aspects such as housing of our lives as Americans. The author contends that that those that find themselves in the lower echelons of society are not always the derelicts of society. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In 1993 Samuel P. Huntington wrote an article on international politics in the periodical Foreign Affairs entitled “The Clash of Civilizations” in which future conflicts were not foreseen as taking place between nation states, but between civilisations. The theories proposed have attracted much criticism. This 7 page paper examines the theories and the supporting as ...

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the issue of immigration and variations in the immigrant communities in the United States. This paper attempts to answer the question: why do some imigrants fair better than others? Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page overview of the different views on the appropriateness of transracial adoption. While many contend that removing a child from their cultural origin and placing them in a foreign culture is not acceptable because of its impacts to the child's culture of origin, others contend that achieving an immediate remedy to the ...

This 4 page paper examines an article by Michael Omi on race. The paper reviews the article while discussing biological and social components of the definition of race. The changing nature of how race is viewed in society is highlighted. Bibliography lists 1 source.

14 pages in length. The writer discusses capitalism, race and democracy by way of Friedman, Rodgers and Lindblom. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 4 page paper examines cloning and the sociological implications of it. What a world with cloning might be liked is imagined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper examines Chapter 11 from the book and focuses on two thematic elements: Martin Luther King's humanness and the fact that prejudice was hidden. The Civil Rights era is the focus of this paper. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper examines the culture of migrant workers entering the UK. The paper looks at the research and theories concerning the way that integration or assumption may occur. The paper also looks at and the evidence of acceptance or rejection of the host nations culture and the way in which a hybrid culture ...