- 1- Do you think racial differences matter? Do racial differences determine how you see the world? Do they determine your chance for success in life? If you believe race matters and creates inequality, what solutions might you suggest for living in a racially just (equal) world? at least four sentences
2- Sociologists believe that religion serves the purpose of controlling the society, giving meaning to people’s individual lives (everybody wants to believe their life has a greater meaning than just living in the material world) and creating social change (think of the work of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Civil Rights Movement in the US). What do you think? What is the purpose of religion? Do you think there is a God? Read the section, Sociological Perspectives of Religion, in Chapter 13, at least two paragraphs.
3-View the documentary entitled Poor Kids, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/poor-kids/ what are your general impressions (write four sentences)?
What is the purpose of the documentary?
What is the creator of the documentary trying to accomplish?
What problems or issues are being raised?
What evidence is given to support the argument of the creator of the documentary?
How is the documentary organized?
How is the author/creator thinking about the world?
How does author/creator justify his/her perspective?
Do you agree or disagree with the central themes of the documentary?
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