Sociology

 

Cultural relativity and ethnocentrism

Since the beginning of man racial discrimination has run ramped amongst society. Many people have chosen violence as a response, but Ellison’s character and Martin Luther King have chosen a non violent reaction to fight against it. In Ellison’s “Battle Royale” a speech is given about social responsibility by a narrator who is a young, nameless black male. >>>

Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner

In the paper, Miner describes the Nacirema, a little-known tribe living in North America, between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles. In this article the author discussed the rituals performed by the Nacirema culture. The Nacirema society is extremely affected by religious belief. They spend most of their day in ritual activity. They believe that the human body is ugly and that its natural tendency is to debility and disease. >>>

Ethnography

For the purpose of doing the ethnographic research I chose the restaurant I work in. I’m one of the four waiters, and been there for almost a year. This is the place I spend most of my time besides my home. I meet hundreds of customers every week, so this seems like a perfect spot to watch people. The only general conclusion I came to is that everyone behaves in a certain way according to their expectation of the place. >>>

Baseball Magic by George Gmelch

The author of this article was a baseball player and an anthropology student. While he was listening to his professor who talked about the Trobriand Islanders fishing method; how they use magical rituals to ensure safety and increase their catch in the open sea, he realized that the baseball players rituals are very similar. >>>

Fight Against Racial Segregation

Since the beginning of man racial discrimination has run ramped amongst society. Many people have chosen violence as a response, but Ellison’s character and Martin Luther King have chosen a non violent reaction to fight against it. In Ellison’s “Battle Royale” a speech is given about social responsibility by a narrator who is a young, nameless black male. >>>

Fossil Records from the Australopithecus to the Homo Sapiens

The evolutionary design of man has intrigued humans for many years. Anthropologists have traveled the world to search for fossil evidence to learn who we have evolved from. Human evolution began roughly 5-10 million years ago when the human line split from the apes. Scientists and anthropologists slowly have tried to put the facts together that fossil records gave them to give us an idea of our evolutionary line. >>>

Increase in Interracial Marriages Between Asian Females and Caucasian Males

In the twentieth century there was a significant increase in interracial marriages. Based on the 2000 Census, this increase was particularly noticeable among Asian women and White men. Unfortunately, Asian men are negatively affected by this specific increase in interracial marriage. Due to the One-Child policy, military interference, damaging stereotypes, and a demanding culture, Asian men find it difficult to marry whether it is within or outside of their own >>>

Social Organization of the Four Apes

Sexual dimorphism can be correlated to behaviors relating to social organization. Sexual dimorphism is greatest in polygynous societies. Primates that live in monogamous societies show a lack of sexual dimorphism in size. I will discuss the social organization and the difference of sexual dimorphism among Gibbons, Orangutans, Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Bonobos. >>>

The Relationship Between Sickle Cell Anemia and Malaria

In my essay I will discuss how sickle cell anemia became an advantage in the sub-Saharan Africa, where the rainforest clearing increased the spread of Anopheles mosquitoes and the malaria disease. >>>