Make sure that the problem you are considering is a SOCIAL problem: not a debate about political policies. If you consider such policies a social problem, however, then you need to explore it as such–NOT as a political debate
Now use the textbook, Dalton Conley’s You May Ask Yourself, as well as other materials, especially the material I’ve provided in the ppts and supplementary readings, as well as the classical theories of socialization ppt, to explore the following. Explore BOTH of these:
a) what is the severity of the effects of this problem on society? Find explanations give any personal experiences of how this problem hurt people, present in the textbook or the course materials, along with your own.
b) what is/are the sociological cause(s), the independent variable(s), that give rise to this problem? (if you are considering a problem that has anything to do with racism and sexism, you MUST go beyond the (liberal) explanations offered by Conley, and comprehend and relate the more radical explanations in my document, which I’ve posted in the Week V Learning Module, on the subject.