Sociology Essay Examples

White, black, African, colored, dark, light; these are the terms used to describe people according to their physical characteristics and other biological traits. Racial classification is an old age practice that describes the stratification of human beings into groups of individuals who share a certain number of anthropological traits. Race is the subdivision of members […]

Aboriginal beliefs and cultural influences have existed for thousands of years. With the movement of European settlement to Australia, many Aboriginals ways of life and attitudes were changed to fit those of aliens, the British. The staged drama, ‘Kullark’, written by Jack Davis, represents a time of injustice of a group that were considered to […]

In the Declaration of Independence of 1776 it was declared that ‘all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness’. In 1791 the Bill of Rights reinforced this and stated that all men have equal rights and […]

Capital punishment is being punished in the worst possible way, by being put to death. Capital punishment has been around for many centuries. Although some see it as a deterrent, it has yet to be proven. With the exception of Turkey and the United States, the whole of NATO do not wish to use this […]

After completing a few college terms, Abraham Maslow settled down with his partner and had two children. He later attended the University of Wisconsin in Wisconsin where he became interested in psychology and worked extensively with Harry Harlow. During the 1940s and 1950s, Maslow developed the Hierarchy of Needs model which focuses on human motivation. […]

This research aims to address the lack of research on the white working class in Britain by utilizing secondary information and theories on societal category and race. The central focus of my study is a quote from Julie Burchill, which highlights the mistreatment of the white working class by the media and middle classes. By […]

In comparison with the European urban heritage, which stretches back roughly 5500 years, the American transformation from village to city was achieved in an amazingly short space of time. From the eighteenth century on, Americans experienced the painful yet rewarding metamorphosis of an agrarian nation becoming an urban industrial giant that left few of her […]

The phrase “the more things change, the more they stay the same” brings to mind Bob Dylan’s 60’s song “The Times They are a-Changin’”. Nevertheless, we must ponder whether we have genuinely advanced as a society in eliminating racism and prejudice from our language. Despite certain individuals holding this belief, the reality suggests otherwise. F. […]

Even after a hundred years since its publication, Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘The White Man’s Burden’ continues to be debated, discussed and reinterpreted in various ways. When we look at the context in which the poem was written and published (originally written for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations), it becomes clear that Kipling is promoting the […]

The main focus of Zora Neale Hurston’s short story Sweat is the difficult life of Delia, an African-American woman who suffers due to her demanding job and abusive husband. Delia supports her family by doing laundry for white people, while Sykes relies on her financially but constantly undermines her. The story primarily explores the theme […]

In the novel, “If He Hollers, Let Him Go…”, the author introduces us to Bob Jones, a black man in America in the 1940s. We learn in the first few chapters that Bob dreams of a place where he can live free, where he is treated as a man and judged based on his actions […]

Audrey Lorde was a self described “Black lesbian, mother, warrior, poet. ” Her struggle against oppression on many fronts was expressed with a force and clarity that made her a valued voice for women, African Americans, and the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. However, in terms of dimensions of oppression that Audrey Lorde has […]

Good afternoon teachers and year 12 students, today I will be discussing how a sense of belonging and not belonging is portrayed in Rainbow’s End along with my related text Stolen From Myself. The concept of belonging is conveyed through the representations of personal, cultural, historical and social contexts in both texts. Rainbow’s End is […]

The short story “Who‘s Passing for Who” by Langston Hughes was influenced by Hughes’ background in his society. This racial influenced story exemplifies how people thought of and interacted with those of a different race and those of a similar color. Hughes proves his credibility in writing the piece through his experiences that he endured […]

Social •An increase in size of slave population as hundreds of thousands of African slaves were imported annually into the New World •Change in racial composition of society – by the mid 18th century. Blacks far outnumbered whites, in some cases the ratio was as much as 25:1 •New laws were introduced to regulate and […]

The documentary, “The Two Towns of Jasper,” was excellent in my mind for many different reasons. It told of a black man being chained to the back of a pickup for three miles by three white men. The documentary consisted of good interviews, captive images, and the information was quality and factual. First, the interviews […]

Melton McLaurin, in his book, “Separate Pasts,” recalls memories of growing up in his hometown of Wade, North Carolina. During this time, McLaurin works in his grandfather’s store in the segregated South. McLaurin writes of his interactions with the black community and observes the segregated lifestyle of black and whites. In his book “Separate Pasts,” […]

Bias against racial groups that appear different from oneself is termed as racism. Often, differing skin colors identify these races. The short story ‘After You My Dear Alphonse’ penned by Shirley Jackson in America in 1943, illustrates how children’s parents influenced racist mindsets in the 1940s, a trend that persists today. It also highlights prevailing […]

The two characters that I am going to exploit in this paper are the Nadine Gordimer, 1991 Nobel Prize winner and her wife. Gordimer is a white man while her wife is a colored woman. However, it was the regime of Apartheid in South Africa. Thus, it is against the law for a white man […]

“Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy” (Heath). This quote explains a moral complication that an apartheid government system and people all the people in it are example of our failing society. In the book, Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane, this argument of controlling and containing an ethical society versus keeping the […]

I disagree with this statement ‘It is always a positive benefit to live in two cultures at the same time’ because the poem ‘Search for my tongue’ is an autobiographical poem about an Indian woman moving to a different country having to learn another language, this is a negative benefit she will forget her own […]

To begin with, I wanted to focus my extended essay in an area of psychology in theatre. I began researching the play “Equus” by Peter Shaffer, as this was a play, looking at the role of a psychiatrist in a young English boy’s life. However, when I started researching Shaffer’s plays, I realised that, although […]