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 typic 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 acculturation? Socialization is the lifelong process by which people learn the shipway of the society in which they depart.The process by which humanss 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 2 main forms of culture? ) Sociologically, culture is the way of life of a people. The twain main forms of culture are worldly culture ( all the fleshly objects that people have invented or borrowed from other cultures) and nonmaterial culture ( the nonphysical human creations that includ e 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 link 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 provoke be broken. 5. What is identity and how do culture and social structure perform identity and socialize new members in terms of these images?The way we live and the people we socialize on a daily basis do 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) -Reconstruction (pre/post) -Civi l Rights (pre/post) NOTES