Social construction of race and gender
This is a research based assignment that will challenge you to visit the US Census site (www.census.gov (Links to an external site.)) and find national demographic data to include the following: Race/ethnicity, Gender, Median Income, and Poverty Rate. This data will require a bit of searching. This is part of the assignment.
You may make six sections in your assignment to help organize yourself.
Construct two tables to demonstrate the relationship between those variables. See templates below.
Explain the data found and posted in each table using all four sociological theories
Using the sociological imagination, explain how those gaps were constructed
What role did some social institutions play in the construction of these gaps?
What is the role of social structure and culture in this reality?
Should the status quo change? Why? And what would the change look like? How would change be achieved?
Table 1: Racial composition of the US population and income and poverty
Race/Ethnicity
Percent of the total US population
Median Income
Poverty Rate
White
Black/African American
Hispanic
Asian
Other
Table 2: Racial composition of the US population by gender and income and poverty
Male
Median Income
Female
Median Income
Male
Poverty Rate
Female
Poverty Rate
Total
White
Black/African American
Hispanic
Asian
Other
Length: 6-7 pages including tables. The tables should take up one page, not one table per page or two pages of tables.
