Sociology 131
Eastern KY University
Dr. Egan
Each essay must be a minimum of 1 page, 12 font, single
spaced
Essay 1
Using main concepts and insights from the textbook chapter
on deviance and crime,
discuss the importance of understanding the concept
“deviance” with respect to
profound social class differences in the treatment of
different members of our society.
Also include in your discussion the role that “ideology” and
“propaganda” play in
attempting to “justify” such difference in treatment. Be
sure to make use of Jeffrey
Reiman’s concepts as well, where applicable. Finally use the
textbook and author
understandings of the concepts in quotation marks.
First make a list of key concepts and insights from the
chapter. Then and only then
develop the essay.
-Propaganda Buries Facts and Manipulates emotions (using the
gist of the
concept “propaganda”
-Robert Jensen: the War on Terror (parts 1,2, and 3) (the
media are involved in a
similar way with the domestic issues as they are with global
ones)
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The Fascist Plot to Overthrow FDR
Why we need to end the war on Drugs
Professor Noam Chomsky – How to create a terrorist
Essay 2
Using main concepts and insights from the textbook chapter
on Social Class and Social
Stratification, discuss the importance of the depth of
meaning of the concepts “life
chances” and “social stratification” with respect to how a
person experiences their entire
life in society. Finally use the textbook and author
understandings of the concepts in
quotation marks.
-How economic
inequality harms societies
-Barbara Ehrenreich-American ruling class
-how to rob a bank (from the inside that is)
-how jails extort the poor
Essay 3
Using main concepts and insights from the textbook chapter
on global Stratification,
discuss the importance of the depth of meaning of the
concepts “life chances” and
global “social stratification” with respect to how peoples
in various countries experience
their entire life course. Finally use the textbook and
author understandings of the
concepts in quotation marks.
-Each of the videos on Iran and British Petroleum (BP)
-the international monetary fund (IMF) and World Bank are
Weapons of War
-How economic Inequality Harms Societies
-How unequal do we want the world to be? You’d be surprised.
Essay 4
Using main concepts and insights from the textbook chapter
on Racial and Ethnicity,
discuss the importance of the depth of meaning of the
concepts “racism” and “racial
stratification”, “racial ideology”, and “racial propaganda”
on the lives of people of color in
our society. Finally use the textbook and author
understandings of the concepts in
quotation marks.
-Sacco and Vanzetti
-We need to talk about an injustice
-Race is a fiction, racism is not
-Color blind or color brave
-Angela Davis and Michelle Alexander-End Mass
Incarceration-Riverside Church
Harlem
-Noam Chomsky on Black lives matter. Why won’t the US own up
to its history of
slavery and racism?
Essay 5
Using main concepts and insights from the textbook chapter
on Gender, discuss the
importance of the depth of meaning of the concepts “sexism”
and “gender
stratification”, “sexist ideology”, and “gender based
propaganda” on the lives of females
(and where applicable males) in our society. Finally use the
textbook and author
understandings of the concepts in quotation marks.
-everyday sexism
-we should all be feminists
-women vote-”night of terror”
-violence against women – it’s a men’s issue
-Nawal El Saadawi: Religion is all politics
