A GIRL LIKE ME

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In follow up to our in class-triangulation of source material on the contemporary societal problem presented in Please provide thoughtful numbered responses to the following:

1. Explain why using the sociological perspective can make us seem less in control of our lives. In what ways does it actually give us greater power over our lives?

2. Compare and contrast positivist sociology, interpretive sociology, and critical sociology via the featurette 'A Girl Like Me'... the Anderson 360 segment on Children & Race, and the song text of "Unpretty."  Why might a sociologist prefer one paradigm over another? Why is it important for a student of sociology to understand all three?