Problem
What are some of the major social problems in American society? How does race and gender affect poverty? What contributes to the racial wealth gap? Why the US has the largest population of people behind bars in the world? he Final Project: Recap of SOC 102, in your own words, provide thoughtful answer to the following questions:
A. What is a social problem?
B. How do structural-functionalism, con?ict theory and symbolic interaction theories define social problems? (Note: I am not asking you to de?ne the theories, I am asking for you to describe how the theories look at social problems)
C. The idea of the American Dream (if a person works hard, he or she will get ahead) is still common in the United States. How does this idea perpetuate misconceptions of those who are poor? Of those who are wealthy? Provide an example to justify your answer.
D. Why do sociologists claim that race is a social construction? Provide an example to justify your answer.
E. What factors in American society help to perpetuate and exacerbate the racial wealth gap?
F. Explain why sociologist Michael Kimmel argues that women made gender visible and men resist gender equality?
G. Is sexual orientation a choice? What determines if a person is going to be heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or asexual?
H. How do the three sociological theories structural-functionalism, con?ict theory, and symbolic interaction explain explain drug use.