Social Class / Race & Ethnicity.
Answer in 3-6 sentences (100 words) to each discussion question. it doesn’t have to be professionally written, just writing a simple thoughts on the question. 1. What is your view of ethnic humor? Does it perpetuate stereotypes or diffuse tension in a situation? 2. mmigration has been a key topic over the last several months given various proposals to build a wall and bans on allowing certain countries to enter the U.S. Discuss these restrictions and the impact they have on US immigration. Can restrictions be justified? Which ones? On what basis? Think about your own history with immigration. Discuss if you, your friends, or your family might not have been allowed in the country had the proposed restrictions been in place previously? 3. Discuss the distribution of wealth and income in the United States. What are the proven consequences of social inequalities in this country? What past or recent social movements are a function of inequality? 4. Take a few minutes to take the two quizzes available at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality that test your IQ on poverty and inequality in the U.S. The quiz is available here: https://web.stanford.edu/group/scspi/cgi-bin/ezquiz_test.php Discuss your results here. Were there statistics that surprised you? Did you know more or less than you thought you did on poverty? 5. Have you ever been a victim of prejudice? Or a victim of discrimination? If you’ve been a victim of both, explain the difference between the two. Do you think the world has become less prejudicial and discriminatory? Or more? Why or why not?