SOC220 - Final Exam

REQUIRED TEXT Racial and Ethnic Relations, 9/e, (2011), Joe R. Feagin and Clairece Booher Feagin, Pearson

Please complete the following essay questions (20pts/each):

1.    How does neocolonialism continue the process of exploitation of former European colonies? What can be done to stop modern slavery? Please use your text and at least one anti-human trafficking site to support your answers.

2.     Many people feel that immigrants are taking away U.S. jobs; please show how this statement is true or not true. Please use your text and at least one internet source to support your answer.

 3.   What is environmental racism and in what ways, if any, does it apply to Native American communities? Please use your text and at least one source from the internet.

4.     The year 1992 marked the 500th anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus and his soldiers in the Americas. Why did this anniversary generate protest?

5.  What is the problem with intelligence testing as a means of explaining racial differences? Please provide at least two examples from your textbook.