Day: November 27, 2019

• Link (website): Pew Research Center (Links to an external site.)
  • Click on the Social Trends tab.
  • Click on the Interactives tab.
  • Locate the following link: How Census Race Categories Have Changed Over Time
  • Click on “1790” to see two columns comparing the 1790 Census categories with the 2010 Census categories.
• Minimum of 4 outside scholarly sources

Instructions
In this week’s lesson, you learned about the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent racial and ethnic categories. For this assignment, consider the racial and ethnic categories used in the 2010 Census with the four racial, ethnic, and gender categories used in the 1790 Census: Free white males, free white females, all other free persons, slaves (Pew Research Center, 2015). Analyze the concepts of race, ethnicity, and gender as social constructs, just as sociologists do, by addressing the following:

1. Explain how you might have been categorized by the 1790 Census and how you would have been categorized by the 2010 Census.
2. Compare and contrast the two potential categorizations and explain how this exercise shows that the concepts of race, ethnicity, and even gender change over time. Most importantly, explain how this exercise shows that the concepts of race, ethnicity, and gender are social constructs.
3. Determine and describe what ethnic, racial, and/or gender categories, if any, would be best, in your view, for the 2020 Census or the 2030 Census, to most accurately show the diversity of the U.S. population. What categories would be best to reveal the segments of the U.S. population most vulnerable to racial, ethnic, and/or gender inequalities or discrimination? What categories could be listed in the 2020 Census or the 2030 Census that might best educate the U.S. population on differences between race and ethnicity? Explain your decisions.

Include headings for each of the three main sections of the paper:

• What the Census Might Have Called Me
• Social Constructs
• Better Future Census Categories

Each of the three main sections of your paper must contain scholarly support in the form of quotes or paraphrases with respective citations from assigned reading (the textbook/lesson) and the outside scholarly source that you identify on your own.

Access each of the National Public Radio Stories from the links posted.

Listen/read each story, then answer the questions.

Remember to be thoughtful, thorough and critical when answering all questions and consider ALL sides of the story.

 

 

These Citizen-Regulators in Arkansas Defied Monsanto. Now They’re Under Attack

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/14/584647903/these-citizen-regulators-in-arkansas-defied-monsanto-now-theyre-under-attack

 

1. What is the problem or dilemma in this story?

 

2. Who is on each side of this story? (not specific names but groups or organizations)

 

3. What is your opinion of this story and the situations or problems presented? What ‘side’ would you take in this situation and expand on your answer.

 

 

These Ivory Coast Cacao Farmers Had Never Tasted Chocolate

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/08/01/336919715/these-

 

1. Is it right or just that the workers who harvest the cacao beans have never tasted chocolate? Explain your answer

 

2. Why haven’t they ever tasted chocolate? 

 

3. Do the workers seem resentful that they did not know what the beans they work to harvest are used to make? Explain your answer

 

4. Do you think now that they know what the cacao bean tastes like they will be resentful that they do not enjoy chocolate in their everyday lives? Explain your answer

 

 

What Will Persuade Rice Farmers in Punjab To Stop Setting Fires in Their Fields?

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/11/21/669227134/what-will-persuade-rice-farmers-in-punjab-to-stop-setting-fires-in-their-fields

 

1. What is/are the problems or dilemmas in this story (there are a few problems)?

 

2. Who is on each side of this story? (not specific names but groups or organizations)

 

3. What is your opinion of this story and the situations or problems presented? What ‘side’ would you take in this situation and expand on your answer.

 

 

The Afterlife of American Clothes

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/12/10/247362140/the-afterlife-of-american-clothes

 

1. Summarize the story is a STRONG paragraph.

 

2. What are your critical, in-depth thoughts about this story? Do you have any other solutions to ‘clothing recycling’ or ‘clothing waste’?

 

 

Slow Fashion Shows Consumers What It’s Made Of

 

https://www.npr.org/2015/04/24/401764329/slow-fashion-shows-consumers-what-its-made-of

 

1. Summarize the story is a STRONG paragraph.

 

2. As a clothing consumer, what are your critical, in-depth thoughts about this story?

Respond to discussion no more than one page 

 

The arch burger at McDonald’s was a test to try  to attract more adults to the fast food chain. It was considered to have more “sophisticated” ingredients and be made for sophisticated adults. The burger was made with two patties, potato sesame seed bun, leaf lettuce, onions, tomato, and special sauce. Due to the improved ingredients, this made the burger slightly more expensive. McDonalds spent about  $150 million dollars in advertising in order to get this message to the new targeted audience. Unfortunately, the success did not go as planned. 

There are a few reasons why the burger was not a success at the restaurant. One of the reasons is being the burger place is known for targeting a certain group of people, which includes people who want to eat on a budget and families with children. Being that this burger was made for a different type of crowd, it created confusion amongst consumers. People were not willing to buy a more expensive burger from McDonalds. Instead people looking for a more high quality burger will just choose to go to a different establishment. Another reasons would be the conflict in branding. McDonalds aims for the audience of families with kids who are trying to get a affordable meal. This burger created the message of only adults eating this burger. Lastly, the time period the burger was advertised could’ve contributed to it’s failure. In the 1990s, people were not spending a lot of money on burgers. 

Taylor, K. (2018, January 3). McDonald’s is bringing back one of its most expensive failures – with one major difference. Retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-tests-archburger-after-90s-flop-2018-1.