Social Groups and Institutions.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:15:26
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 2 pages (455 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 2 pages (455 words)
Race is defined as a cultural category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. Ethnicity is a shared cultural heritage based on having common ancestors, language, or religion that confers a distinctive social identity. (Macionis, 2005)
It is my opinion that the reason that "White and Asian students define success tin school as earning high grades or African-American students define success as doing as well as other black …
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…schools and their achievement. I believe the teachers at these schools push the student along to achieve a better standard in life than what they expect regardless of race and ethnicity.
References Cited:
· Macionis, John S., Sociology (2005), 10th Edition from Pearson Prentice Hall published in Upper Saddle River, NJ.
· Grace Kao, Ph.D, People at the University of Pennsylvania (2002) retrieved from www.ssc.upenn.edu/soc/People/kaograce,html
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