Social Construction
social sciences
Description
Write a 525- to 700-word paper discussing the current view that race is a social construction supported by political realities.
Include the following:
How does this view compare with the traditional,biological view of race?
What are motivating factors for early Americans to construct race and racial categories?
Which approach - assimilation,melting pot,fusion and/or pluralism - matches most closely to the new definition of race in contemporary America?
Which definition of race do you support? Why?
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