Essays on Sociology

Social Research Social research is so important because it helps to understand the social world around us. Without some systematic research, our knowledge of the social world is limited to our life-experiences. However, most research has the aim of going beyond mere description. Sociologists typically restrict themselves to a specific research...

The use of Immigration Removal Centers in the United Kingdom holds around thirty-two thousand foreign nationals every year. As such, one crucial characteristic of these detention centers is the fact that they have an open-ended nature with no upper limits on detention time. The consequence is a tide of uncertainty...

This qualitative research was aimed at discovering whether or not the refugees in Egypt have access to education. A semi-structured interview was carried out on two participants who are refugees in Egypt. The interviews were not limited to the two interviewees’ case only, they were also asked about their family...

Rape culture is a phrase that was made in the United States by feminists in the 1970s. It refers to how society holds the victims of sexual harassment accountable and support male sexual violence. The term has numerous definitions and its role in everyday life. The rape culture is created...

Racism is an act of discrimination directed to a specific group of people based on the idea that a certain race is more superior to the other, it is a belief that each individual belonging to each race should at least possess qualities to that particular race so that it...

In the recent years, there has been a notable concern on racial discrimination across the globe. According to Adams Bell (2016), it is essential for the humans to join hands with human rights advocates to address the detrimental habit of racial oppression. This move is significant in the...

Politics and Perceptions of Race and Ethnicity Politics has a significant impact when it comes to perceptions of race and ethnicity in the United States. One important factor about politics is that it has the potential to change a population's perceptions regarding their social construct. Notably, it changes the interpretations of...

The criminal activities and the punishments accorded to the perpetrators of the crime offer some of the most compelling signals of racial discrimination both in the 20th and 21st century and even earlier.   In the early years, judicial bigotry, lynching, chain-gang approach to penal practices were common events, especially in...

Racial discrimination is an act of prejudice directed to s specific racial group based on the idea that another race is more superior. Racial discrimination is based on the idea that people should have qualities that identify them to a certain race and it will be used to determine their...

Homelessness and Racism: A Major Issue in the United States Homelessness has always been a major issue across the United States. It is typically a reflection of all that is broken in our society that is our perceptions of one another as fellow human beings, our lack of compassion, our meanness,...

Racial Identification and Cultural Background My racial identification is straightforward. I believe I have all American backgrounds, with substantial amounts of American culture. Therefore, I consider myself to be white. I take a firm stand in the belief that my race makes me who I am because culture is what brings...

Race Race is understood as a group or a category of people who have genetic and inherited qualities that set them apart. Race is not present in people’s biology but constructed socially as a set of meanings or designations attributed to people through social activities. Racialization process is deeply entrenched in...