ES 243 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Your Shape, Economic Mobility, Piri Thomas
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U. s. sold missiles to iran & put the money in banks in sweden then gave the money to the contras to fight the government. Ethnic group: shared history, culture,beliefs, language, etc. People who are born//raised in the us (before 12 years old) whose parents, family, histories, cultures & beliefs come from la. Ian haney lopez chance, context and choice in the social construct of race . Looks at piri thomas" autobiography down these mean streets . Compared to his family he is much darker, mother/brothers identify as cuban but. Grapples with not fitting in with cubans or with african americans. Social significance attached to certain aspects of our morphology that define race. Paradigm: set of shared understandings that permits us to distinguish which facts matter in the solution of a problem and which facts don"t. Effect fact-gathering & investigation; crucial in development of science & knowledge. Research eventually yields anamolities & need for new paradigms.
