STRAYER SOC100 WEEK 4 DISCUSSIONS

Week 4 DQ1
A majority of residents of the United States are
descendants of ethnic groups from around the world. Explain symbolic ethnicity.
Reflecting on your cultural heritage and traditions, does your family practice
symbolic ethnicity, fully maintain an ethnic identity, or have they fully
assimilated into American culture? Define and explain American ethnic cultures.Week 4 DQ2
Using the definition of wealth to calculate your
wealth, and considering Rossides’ five-class model of the U. S. class system,
would you say that Marx’s concept of false consciousness applies to you? Why?
How does false consciousness differ from class consciousness?Week 4 DQ3
How do urban and rural
communities differ in the formality of their norms and the strictness with
which they are enforced?Week 4 DQ4
Imagine that you have been
asked to study the issue of air pollution in one of the large urban areas in
your state or country. How might you draw on surveys, observation research,
experiments, and existing sources to help you study this issue?