What Biological Traits May Be Used in Defining Race
1. Answer all four (4) questions completely.
2. Answers should be typewritten, double space, using font p: Times New Roman #12
3. Before you answer, provide reader with the question.
4. Each answer should be AT LEAST a page long but can be as it takes you to answer the question fully.
QUESTIONS:
1. EXPLAIN THE ASSERTION MADE IN THE TEXT THAT RACE IS SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED. THAT IS, EXPLAIN WHAT BIOLOGICAL TRAITS MAY BE USED IN DEFINING RACE, BUT WHY A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH CANNOT EXPLAIN THE REALITY OF RACE IN THE UNITED STATES. PROVIDE EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR ARGUMENTS.
2. STATE THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO KINDS OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM. HOW DO THESE SYSTEMS COMPARE IN TERMS OF (A) OVERALL PRODUCTIVITY, (B) RESULTING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, AND (C) RESULTING POLITICAL FREEDOM. HOW IS WELFARE CAPITALISM AN EFFORT TO COMBINE BENEFITS OF BOTH SYSTEMS?
3. SUMMARIZE THE MAJOR ARGUMENTS OF THE THREE MODELS OF POLITICAL POWER. WHAT DO THE THREE MODELS HAVE IN COMMON? WHAT ARE THEIR MAJOR DIFFERENCES? TO WHAT EXTENT DOES EACH ASSESS U.S. SOCIETY AS DEMOCRATIC? WHY?
4.HOW RELIGIOUS IS THE UNITED STATES? OBVIOUSLY, THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION DEPENDS ON PRECISELY ONE MEASURES “RELIGIOSITY.” DISCUSS VARIOUS WAYS TO DO THIS AND HOW THEY YIELD SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT PICTURES OF RELIGIOSITY.
