Essays and Research Papers on Race Politics & Society

This 13-page paper discusses how moral panics influences policy making and decisions on the legislative level. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of racial disparity in criminal sentencing. Statistics include rates in Virginia, Maryland, and DC. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In four pages, this paper examines how punk culture started and where the movement is today. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 3 page research paper that addresses some issues related to prejudice, such as whether prejudice can be eradicated, the factors creating a black "underclass," and the intersection between racial stratification and economic stratification. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page research paper, first of all relates the main tenet of Dollard's frustration-aggression theory for explaining racism, as this theory describes how people displace their frustration over such things as economic problems onto weaker ethnic/racial groups. This discussion is offered in reference to the questions: Are the frustrations of many Americans being unfairly ...

This 5 page paper reviews the racist misperceptions explored and dispelled by Stephen J. Gould in this chapter of Three Centuries’ Perspectives on Race and Racism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which explores various perspectives and issues concerning the diversity of cultures that exist in the United States. There is also a one page annotated bibliography Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5-page paper discusses equity theory and social identity theory in the 2004 movie Crash. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of micro-ethnography. Micro-ethnography is the study of a smaller experience or a slice of everyday reality. Micro-ethnography is the process of data collection, content analysis, and comparative analysis of everyday situations for the purpose of formulating insight. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper. This paper reviews some of the research that has linked specific genes to specific traits that lead to behaviors that are common among criminals. The essay explains victimization theories that can increase the likelihood of a person becoming a victim of a crime. The paper comments on how useful these theories ...

This 10-page paper provides population, birth and death statistics for the U.S., New York and Kenya. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3-page paper discusses poverty, types of people likely to be caught in poverty and initiatives to end poverty. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5-page paper provides an analysis of research methods pertaining to police stop and search of minority drivers. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the experiences of British ethnic minorities in the workplace. The experiences are considered from the context of access to the workplace though relative employment levels, salary and senior management position as well as gender differences. The discussion includes consideration of the differences between different ethic minorities. The bibliography cites ...

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of rhetorical devices in the works of Martin Luther King Jr. An analysis of his letter from a Birmingham jail is carried out. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper delineates the many similarities that exist between these two critical social movements. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of attitudes towards welfare and race. A statistical analysis is presented. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This 5 page paper acknowledges that the US suffers with many societal injustices. These particularly impact minorities and women yet they have a potential to impact the world as a whole. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of affirmative action. Pros and cons are discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of urban poverty. Cultural and material explanations are examined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper summarizes and assessed an article written in 2002 by Donald Horne, looking at the way anti Islamic feelings in Australia were becoming a new form of xenophobia and advocating political intervention and tolerance to resolve the problems. The writer supports the arguments but believes they are too simplistic. The bibliography ...

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of the underclass. The role of class-based policies is explored. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of Gandhi and MLK. Similarities and differences in their philosophies are examined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 10 page paper discusses assessment of an immigrant African family. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This 3 page paper reports on the origins of sociology and relates this to the industrial revolution. Bibliography lists 4 sources.