Readings: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/cochise-sociology-os/chapter/the-feminist-perspective/Links to an external site. https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/social-identities-and


Readings:

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/cochise-sociology-os/chapter/the-feminist-perspective/Links to an external site.

https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/social-identities-and-systems-oppressionLinks to an external site.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/cochise-sociology-os/chapter/the-feminist-perspective/Links to an external site.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2025396Links to an external site.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/cochise-sociology-os/chapter/institutional-prejudice-or-discrimination/

Videos:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHIQIO_bdQ

Assignment:

Using our sociological imagination can allow trained professionals the opportunity to solve structural issues in American society. Keeping this in mind, please address the following issues in essay form.

  • Select an example of a “private trouble” and
  • What factors/evidence would you use to explain how and why it may reflect a structural problem in society?
  • What are some potential solutions to this problem, both for the individual and the group to which they belong?
  • Which theoretical perspective lens would you apply to solve this issue: functionalism, conflict theory, or symbolic interactionism? Why?

Please use standard APA format for headings and citations to address the following writing prompt. Your response should be a minimum of two pages, but no more than four pages (unless you have instructor approval). 

Please use academic journals, course text, and/or scholarly articles to support your claim.

Objectives:

To understand the social structures of oppression and discrimination, as well as the strategies of change that promote social and economic justice.