. till the whole nation resembles the Portuguese and Moviscoes in complexion of skin and baseness of mind’. These passages capture the combination of the anxieties posed by class, gender, and race for upper-class males in the 18th century. Long also believed that blacks were a separate species.
Which of the sociological perspectives of social stratification is most relevant to the experience of societies in the English speaking Caribbean? Use the findings of empirical studies conducted in the region to illustrate your answer. Haralambos, Holborn and Heald (2004) defines social stratification as a particular form of Social inequality, It refers to the presence of a distinct social groups which are ranked one above the other in terms of factors such as prestige and wealth. The most common Sociological perspective of Social Stratification most relevant in the English speaking Caribbean was the class system/class distinction. Therefore, the stratification systems in the Caribbean were found to be influenced by slavery, indentureship, and education and settlement patterns of the Europeans during slavery and after emancipation of the slaves (Course Material).
The concept of “race” and “racial ideologies have been a big issue throughout history in the U.S. Race has been diverse, where the whites and blacks have been separated in society. The Caucasian had land, house, and money living the good life, while the black people had to work as slaves for the plantation owners. They had nothing meaning not even their freedom. Racial ideology is a person’s fixed belief on a certain race whether it is good or bad. Racial ideologies are probably most common in Caucasian people towards black people.
Cooper aims to explain how beyond slavery, freedom meant something different than it does today. He focuses on emancipation and imperialism in British East Africa and French West Africa. In post emancipation Africa, life for colored people was hardly “free.” Instead, former slaves were often pressured into various forms of coerced and forced labor. However, many former slaves tried to resist being forced into the free labor market. Finally in 1946, the abolition of forced labor took place in French West Africa, including the declaration that all white and colored workers must be treated as French Citizens.
Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to our understanding of sexual orientation? Explain. Our gender is our social and legal status as men or women. And sexual orientation is the term used to describe whether a person feels sexual
Haiti and the Dominican Republic have long been divided by their culture, heritage and language. The people of Haiti speak Creole, and are mainly of African ancestry. Whereas Dominicans speak Spanish and identify themselves with their European and Amerindian ancestry; rejecting their black heritage. To be Haitian, is to be black and that is something Dominicans do not want to identify themselves with. Antihaitianismo ideology has long permeated the Dominican Republic’s culture, their ideology and identity.
Another form of creole may be miscegenation, which is the mixing of different racial groups that is marrying, cohabiting and having children with a partner outside of one’s race or ethnically defined group. The concept of pigmentocracy emerged from this type of mixing, where one’s biology and skin complexion may determine their life chances. In the Caribbean persons of lighter complexion may be considered superior to dark or brown skin individuals just as it were in the days of slavery with domestic slaves, field slaves and free slaves who were all categorized based on their complexion and the ‘whites’ were superior to everyone else. This concept occurs today where in the Caribbean persons of fairer complexion have more power and prestige in society than others. This is evident in organizations such as banking institutions and airline industries in the Caribbean.
The authors feel the real reason for the differences in the disease susceptibility are social and class based. The three different models are the genetic model, the environmental model and The Marxist paradigm. Heart disease, stroke, and cancer are the racial health disparities the author mention that affects the African American culture. The genetic model implies the theory that "race" is primarily a biological category and that black-white differences in health are genetically determined (Kieger and Bassett 74). The genetic model relies on three basic assumptions which are age, sex, and race in determining racial health disparities among black and white.
Historical Report on Race Chris Conant ETH/125 February 23, 2014 Christine Keaney Historical Report on Race Throughout U.S. history, the African American experience has gone from one of slavery to emancipation. With emancipation came a real struggle for equality that would take another hundred years. “The African American experience and culture developed outside of mainstream American culture” (Adetimirin, 2010). The African American culture developed on its own and within its own. They lived segregated from the mainstream and developed their own music, fashion, art, and dance.
Gordon is also best remembered for his study of class, status and social mobility in Jamaica. He made numerous valid points on the possibility of social mobility as he analyzed the social mobility of the male and female labour force throughout the generations and its impact on the transformation of the class structure of the contemporary Jamaican society. Social mobility is explained as the ability of an individual to change his social status, commonly to a status lower or higher than his original standing. In the period following the abolition of slavery, there were scarce opportunities for social mobility for the black Jamaicans. When opportunities did arise for the peasants, it was to advance to the lowest ranking of the middle class.