multiracial societies

(noun)

In multiracial societies such as the United States, racial groups differ greatly in regard to social and cultural factors, such as socioeconomic status, healthcare, diet, and education.

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Examples of multiracial societies in the following topics:

  • Race and Ethnicity

    • In multiracial societies, such as the United States, racial groups differ greatly in regard to social and cultural factors, such as socioeconomic status, healthcare, diet, and education.

  • Race and Health

    • In multiracial societies such as the United States, racial groups differ greatly in regard to social and cultural factors such as socioeconomic status, healthcare, diet, and education.
    • Apart from the general controversy regarding race, some argue that the continued use of racial categories in health care, and as risk factors, could result in increased stereotyping and discrimination in society and health services.

  • Segregation

    • Racial segregation has appeared in all parts of the world where there are multiracial communities.
    • In the years since, African Americans have played a significant role throughout society, as leaders, public officials and heads of state.
    • In many areas, the United States remains a residentially segregated society.

  • Race Relations in Mexico: The Color Hierarchy

    • Mexican society still shows traces of the racial and ethnic caste system that was instituted by the Spanish during the colonial period.
    • The term "mestizo" is not widely used in Mexican society today, and it has been dropped as a category in population censuses.
    • In the Mexican post-revolutionary period, mestizaje was a racial ideology that combined ideologies of white superiority with the social reality of a postcolonial, multiracial setting.

  • Feminist Theory

    • Radical feminists believe that women are oppressed by our patriarchal society.
    • They seek a fundamental reorganization of society because our existing political, scientific, religious, and social organization is inherently patriarchal.Separatist feminists, like radical feminists, believe that women are oppressed by our patriarchal society.
    • Some believe this is a temporary stage while others see this as a permanent goal.Cultural feminists, like radical feminists, believe that women are oppressed by our patriarchal society.
    • Black feminists believe that many inequalities are important in society today, not only gender.
    • This perspective is sometimes referred to as multicultural feminism, multiracial feminism, or womanism.

  • Social Construct or Biological Lineage?

    • Pardo or Brown (42.3%): usually a Multiracial Brazilian of mixed-race features who considers himself or herself to be "Pardo".
    • Race and race-related issues continue to impact society.

  • Introduction

    • The simplest definition of society is a group of people who share a defined territory and a culture.
    • Social structure is the relatively enduring patterns of behavior and relationships within a society.
    • In sociology, a distinction is made between society and culture.
    • Culture is distinct from society in that it adds meanings to relationships.
    • All human societies have a culture and culture can only exist where there is a society.

  • Preindustrial Societies: The Birth of Inequality

    • Medieval Europe was a pre-industrial feudal society.
    • Pre-industrial societies are societies that existed before the Industrial Revolution, which took place in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
    • Some remote societies today may share characteristics with these historical societies, and may, therefore, also be referred to as pre-industrial.
    • Two specific forms of pre-industrial society are hunter-gatherer societies and feudal societies.
    • Hunter-gatherer societies tend to be very mobile, following their food sources.

  • The Functionalist Perspective

    • For functionalists, the family creates well-integrated members of society and teaches culture to the new members of society.
    • In this way, society is like an organism and each aspect of society (institutions, social constructs, etc.) is like an organ that works together to keep the whole functioning smoothly.
    • This approach looks at society through a macro-level orientation, which is a broad focus on the social structures that shape society as a whole.
    • For functionalists, the family creates well-integrated members of society and instills culture into the new members of society.
    • For functionalists, the family creates well-integrated members of society and teaches culture to the new members of society.

  • Durkheim's Mechanical and Organic Solidarity

    • Mechanical solidarity is found in less structurally complex societies while organic solidarity emerges in industrialized societies.
    • As part of his theory of the development of societies in, The Division of Labour in Society (1893), sociologist Emile Durkheim characterized two categories of societal solidarity: organic and mechanical.
    • In a society exhibiting mechanical solidarity, its cohesion and integration comes from the homogeneity of individuals.
    • Organic solidarity is social cohesion based upon the dependence individuals have on each other in more advanced societies.
    • Give examples for societies held together by mechanical or organic solidarity