SOCI 217- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 39 pages long!)

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They all look different, but they are all america, therefore a white american isn"t the only way an american looks. The problem of the color line, theory (du bois: the identity that we create for ourselves comes from the interaction with others and also social institutions, so if we are looked at as negatively then. Two types of theories: order theories that is based on ideas of society being fully logical, rational, and ordered, assimilation, prejudice, discrimination, stratification theories which are patterns of conflict, exclusion, and exploitation, conflict, exclusion, exploitation. Introduces the split labor market theory which includes the two labor markets of which where people are placed. Midterm 2 review: yes, because it does have a lot of diversity, no, because it targets certain immigrants, like for example the muslim. It"s like a salad where everyone"s culture enriches society.