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Caption: An immigrant family looking across New York Harbor at the Statue of Liberty, circa 1930.
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119001/photos-child-immigrants-ellis-island
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119001/photos-child-immigrants-ellis-island
Definitions
Race
Inherited physical characteristics distinguishing groups
Socially constructed political categories that change
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/03/14/u-s-census-looking-at-big-changes-in-how-it-asks-about-race-and-ethnicity/
U.S. Census: the social construction of race
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/interactives/multiracial-timeline/
Ethnicity
Culture, religion, language or nationality, etc.
Race
Inherited physical characteristics distinguishing groups
Socially constructed political categories that change
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/03/14/u-s-census-looking-at-big-changes-in-how-it-asks-about-race-and-ethnicity/
U.S. Census: the social construction of race
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/interactives/multiracial-timeline/
Ethnicity
Culture, religion, language or nationality, etc.
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Sex
Biological characteristics
Gender
Cultural/social definitions
Biological characteristics
Gender
Cultural/social definitions
Sociological Perspectives
Functionalism
Stratification is functional (Davis and Moore)
Functionalism
Stratification is functional (Davis and Moore)
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Conflict
Power = Privilege
Invisible to Dominant Group and Visible to Minority Group
Dehumanization and Objectification
Power = Privilege
Invisible to Dominant Group and Visible to Minority Group
Dehumanization and Objectification
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Why More Teen Girls Are Getting Genital Plastic Surgery
http://time.com/4327126/teen-girls-implants-genital-plastic-surgery/
Is Hollywood Sexist?
http://www.dailyinfographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/is-hollywood-sexist-infographic.jpg
http://time.com/4327126/teen-girls-implants-genital-plastic-surgery/
Is Hollywood Sexist?
http://www.dailyinfographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/is-hollywood-sexist-infographic.jpg
Intimate Partner Statistics
http://www.safehorizon.org/page/domestic-violence-statistics--facts-52.html
http://www.safehorizon.org/page/domestic-violence-statistics--facts-52.html
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