Explain how European colonial expansion gave rise to race and racism.
European colonial expansion gave rise to race and racism as it led to the slave trade. As the political battles that were fought over the slave trade and slavery, during the last decades of the 18th century and the first decades of the 19th led to a jumble of stereotypes, pseudo-science and wild conjecture, which all coalesced to form racism.
Explain how European colonial expansion gave rise to race and racism.
1. Explain why there is no such thing as a “pure race” or how race is a “social construct.” 2. In your opinion, what is the future of racism, will racism increase, decrease, or stay the same in the United States?
The author addresses both Robertson’s denial of racism and discrimination and race relations historically. Explain which one social perspective best fits his approach to these issues? Functional Structural which addresses how the phenomenon contributes to social integration or stability, Social Conflict which addresses how the phenomenon generates social conflict as one group endeavors to maintain power over the other, or Symbolic Interaction which addresses how the phenomenon creates individuals’ reality through social interaction.
Explain the following statement with respect to Spain or Portugal. "The first century of European overseas expansion and colonial conquest- that is, the sixteenth century - belonged almost exclusively to Spain and Portugal. . Afterward their power and prestige decline rapidly until, by the beginning of the nineteenth century, they had sunk into a state of somnolence approaching suspended animation." ....
How has racism evolved over time? How does racism now contrast to the 1950s and earlier? Explain your stance with examples. Include textual evidence to support your view.
How do social institutions affect our understanding of race and racial groups? How do social institutions affect our understanding of race and racial groups? Why are the classifications of race problematic? What examples from your own life can you give of how your race or ethnicity had (1) a positive effect or (2) a negative effect. Why is institutional racism and discrimination more difficult to combat than individual discrimination or racism?
How do media representations reinforce race relations and racial stereotypes? Provide a specific example of this form of prejudice. How can this problem of representation be addressed? Define institutional racism, color blind racism, and microaggressions. How does each of these forms of racism reproduce racial inequality?
Explain how race impacts the Muslims
Specify and define the three major forces that gave rise to WWI (excluding the assassination and the alliance system.) Provide a specific historical example of one of these and describe in detail how it contributed to the war.
Explain how class, ethnicity, and “race” intersect in language. Be thorough.
Specify and define the three major forces that gave rise to WWI (excluding the assassination and the alliance system.) Provide a specific historical example of one of these and describe in detail how it contributed to the war.