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    Race Vs Mixed Race

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    Are we still supposed to turn a blind eye to raced-based categorization of medicine? Or is this the instance in where we should use it? In the matters of time, I would say yes, if the individual’s race is easily identifiable. We should use race to narrow down the possible medical treatments for the patient. On the other hand, some individual’s race is not transparent. Playing the guessing game when it comes to mixed-race or more specifically, mixed-ethnic individuals can be extremely hazardous. Given this point, possible treatments could affect the body of the person it is given to. The individual could react differently than normal. Problems that can arise are incredibly toxic levels of acidity in the body, high blood pressure, organ failure or even death. In the end, was it really necessary? Was it worth it? Damage can be done on both ends of the spectrum. So, in response to this response, Root would “reason to treat sex as a variable that explains the genetic difference in drug response between the populations, since the gene that controls the response could be located on a sex chromosome” rather than race. Moreover, looking at ancestry makes for a better diagnosis and…

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    Both the Moynihan Report and the Race and Race Theory readings share a common theme in that they revolve around the sociology of race within politics, both readings show how race has influenced policies within the last few decades. Author’s Bobo and Charles address in they reading “Race in the American Mind: From the Moynihan Report to the Obama candidacy” a time line that shows racial progress within the United States. The authors describe their timeline as “Racist America vs. End of Racism”…

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    Over the past few decades, the race concept is the topic that has changed over time. The social movement, revolutionary, and civil rights movement raised the problematical of identifying race to a new level of prominence. Also, wars become the significant factor that influences how people justify race by the migratory flows. Therefore, in the complicated issue of race concept, what kind of sociological element has raise the issue of racism in the dominant country? In the other words, what…

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    A significant number of the Western or American thoughts regarding race and ethnicity originate from particular periods in history that were characterized by imperialism, colonialism and different tides that moved populaces and demographics (Henrich, 2013). With such changes and the inter-interactions of distinctive races and ethnicities, predominant populations rose to power and applied impact over others by involving and controlling the scene, dialect, society, and customs. In these various…

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    Many historians argue that race has played a central role in the history of the United States and I have to say that I completely agree with that statement. Everything that has occurred from the time slavery started to this present day has somehow affected race-to-race relations or was affected by the race-to-race relations. To this day people still fight for the equality of the races but that still hasn’t been able to completely happen just yet. For example the American to African American…

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    this is very far from the truth.. Race and gender are still major problems in society, and not a lot is being done to discuss these problems. When thinking about some these bigger problems, one that doesn 't get much exposure, at least as much as it should is Race. In the reading “The Money” Junot Diaz, the author goes into some of his personal experiences while being a different race while in the workforce. “My father was always losing…

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    The definition of race is a classified system and used to categorize people into distinct groups. The word race does not have a biological meaning; however, socially the word has become constructed over the years. Dividing people by race is an idea to organize and differentiate the population. This categorization has created a long term affects of racism and superiors. Constructing people by facial features and colors has force society to judge a person because of what they look like, creating…

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    the existence of distinct races within the species is not yet settled. The concept of race can be looked at from two standpoints; the first is biological and the second is social. In the biological sense, race is the categorization of populations within a species that is based on the phenotype, or physical features, that individuals share, geography, and genetics. When taking a look…

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    Subtopics Of Race

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    The topic we as a class have chosen for the content analysis is race. People often associate race with skin color (the black race), religion (the Jewish race), nationality (the British race), and finally as humans (the human race). This chapter goes into depth of all the subtopics of race, for example showing the reader the difference between majority and minority groups. A majority group is one who has advantages and superior resources and rights, while a minority group usually is home to…

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    Race And Inequality

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    similarities between Quijano/Wallerstein, Cox, Yang and Andersen & Collins Race is understood as a category that is real in its effects in social life. Ethnicity refers to the cultural practices and outlooks of a given community of people that set them apart from others. Ethnicity is a wholly social phenomenon, learned through processes of socialization and central to many in the formation of individual and social identities. Racism is the belief that some individuals and institutions are…

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