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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
Your book defines race as "a group sharing apparent physical traits deemed by society to be socially significant."Â The authors later state "while sociologists do not treat race as scientifically significant, it is...socially significant," (205, 206).
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Using functionalism, conflict theory, or symbolic interactionism, explain why it is that even though genetic differences between people who have different physical characteristics are minor (like skin color), we as a society continue to use race as a socially significant category. In other words, according to a functionalist, conflict theorist, or symbolic interactionist, in what ways do we make race important?
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