Category: Sociology 7256

Ancient people’s food choices were rather limited and depended largely on animal meat. Brave and skillful hunters brought home some large animal they managed to catch and kill, and their families had something to save them from dying of hunger. Over time, however, humans’ possibilities to satisfy their appetite have increased immensely, offering a variety…

Realizing a political change takes a lot of time, effort, and resilience. African Americans were on the receiving end of racial prejudice and injustice over 100 years following the Emancipation Act of 1863 (Healey, 2012). They were subjected to race-induced violence and would always be economically and politically oppressed, including the prohibition from voting. When…

Table of Contents Summarize Respond Reflect Act Reference Summarize In his book Why Don’t We Listen Better?, James C. Peterson underlines the importance of good listening as a possibility to improve the quality of life. The author admits that good communication plays a vital role as a relationship tool in both family and business (Petersen,…

Introduction: Black Femininity Across Decades The development of perceptions toward womanhood and femininity as they are affected by the changes in social standards and trends allows inspecting the challenges that vulnerable groups of women face in their daily lives. The analysis of African American femininity and alterations in its interpretation over decades will inform the…

Table of Contents Introduction Brief History About the Museum’s Artifacts Significance of the Museum The Plantation in the Popular Culture Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Slavery in the United States had been legal for more than two hundred years. Its history dates back to the first colonial settlements, and first Africans to come to the Americas…

Self-disclosure is among the most critical steps in creating close social ties within teams in the workplace. Venditti and McLean assert that self-disclosure involves revealing personal information to other people, usually after establishing a growing trust-based relationship (23). People reach the self-disclosure level as trust grows through repeated positive interactions, a process that may take…

Bent-Goodley, T., & Smith, C. M. (2017). An African-centered approach to community policing. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 27(1-2), 92-99. Web. This article explains how the Afrocentric perspective can be applied to community policing to address the issues of negative relationships between police officers and the Black community. The authors identify the…

The opioid epidemic is related to expanding of the diagnoses where prescribing of painkilling drugs is relevant. The substances are addictive, causing overdoses and deaths, and many individuals cannot give up the addiction even if the treatment is over. The main factor contributing to the opioid epidemic is the existence of illegal options to access…

Life Change Since the Start of Social Isolation and Social Distancing Humanity has already been confronted with some kinds of pandemics. However, it is the first time when outcomes touch all fields of human existence, accompanied by global panic, the global financial crisis, and a universal transition to virtual reality. People are knocked out of…

An older generation disapproving of the younger generation is a common phenomenon, and the tension between Baby Boomers and Millennials is not an exception. For all the criticism that Millennials have been bombarded with through media, my take is that this generation can actually do more good than bad. First, younger people these days seem…