SEMINAR:MULTICULTURALISM/U.S. Topic: IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCES

Agency / Structure / Meritocracy

Lecture Questions

1) Provide one example of how race limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.

2) Provide one example of how gender limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.

3) Provide one example of how class limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.

4) Provide one example of how sexual orientation limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.

5) Provide one example of how ethnicity limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.

6) Provide one example of how age limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.

7) Provide one example of how religion limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.

8) Provide one example of how customs limit and enhance opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.

9) Where do you lie on the ideological continuum between agency and structure? In other words, how much of a role do structural elements play in determining opportunity in society? Explain your answer in detail.

10) Provide one example of how an agency-driven orientation that blames the person would attempt to solve the social problem of poverty. Explain your answer.

11) Provide one example of how an structure-driven orientation that blames the system would attempt to solve the social problem of poverty. Explain your answer.

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