Measuring Diversity in a Social Enviornment

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Attached is a file U02A1 which has the outline for this paper for the bones of what I am wanting to write about. Please use this to finish Assignment 10 final paper.

https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/SOC/SOC2000/160100/Scoring_Guides/u10a1_scoring_guide.html By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

  • Competency 1: Describe theoretical ideas of power in relation to policy.
    • Summarize the research project using sociological language and concepts.
    • Provide appropriate background discussion and highlight key sociological concepts that pertain to discrimination experienced by a group.
  • Competency 2: Identify historical and contemporary influences of discrimination in American culture.
    • Recognize historical experiences of discrimination.
    • Differentiate the varied experience of different social groups.
    • Identify social trends that influence power.
  • Competency 3: Analyze the effects of social policy using aggregated data.
    • Determine the best data collection method based on the research questions.
    • Collect data and prepare charts and tables for analysis.
    • Correlate data to a social policy position.
    • Properly document the use of data.
  • Competency 4: Analyze how laws are applied based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and social class.
    • Demonstrate the relationship among sociological theories, policies, and concepts.
    • Examine alternative solutions to diversity issues.
  • Competency 5: Apply diversity strategies in professional, educational, and personal contexts.
    • Recognize opportunities where diversity is needed to address social problems.
  • Competency 6: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats.
    • State and support a clear central idea in a coherently organized document.
    • Use the accepted form and style of the field.
    • Follow conventional rules for style, format, grammar, usage, and mechanics.
    • Respect the dignity, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and individuality of other people.

Overall, this course focuses on issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social class, age, or religion in our society from a theoretical perspective. But can we find examples of this in our daily society as we interact with various others? That is the question you will answer in this Measuring Diversity in a Social Environment project as you decide on a data collection process, collect this data, and analyze it in a sociological context. This will give you an opportunity to practice sociological analysis and observation and to examine the society you occupy daily in more detail. After collecting your data, you will write a sociological research report on your findings.

For more information on your final project, see the Resources.

Requirements

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.

  • APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (sixth edition) style and format.
  • Number of resources: Minimum of five scholarly (peer-reviewed) resources, one of which must be statistical. One popular source, such as a newspaper article or news media program, can be included. No more than two sources may come from the course textbooks.
  • Length of paper: 6–8 typed, double-spaced pages.
  • Font and font size: Times or Times New Roman, 12 point.

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Davenport P1 Racial Profiling Proposal Teresa Davenport SOC2000 U2A1 January 22, 2017 Prof Fournier Davenport P2 Introduction I chose the racial profiling topic because it is a long standing and a troubling national problem in the post-racial era united states. I think that this is a topic that I will find challenging to write as my career in 911 Police Dispatch brings me an unique view of the topic. According to statistic, racial profiling occurs on a daily basis in the United States, in particular with the law enforcers. The law enforcement agents target people of color and at times detaining them without evidence. It is illegal and violated the constitution’s promise of equal protection and freedom to all. Racial profiling alienates people from the law enforcement and prevents community-policing efforts. It loses the trust and credibility of the law enforcers among the public (Koppelman, 2016). Data collection Data collection involves gathering and measuring information on the specific variables to enable one answer some research questions. I would collect data in the areas that are mostly affected by racial profiling. For instance, I would visit the African American communities and collect data. Also, I would visit those people in remand and gather data and ask them about their experience with the law enforcement officers. The method I would use is observation. This process of collecting information requires the researcher to observe and take not on what is happening. The three types of observation are controlled, natural, and participant observation. The controlled observation mostly takes place in a laboratory setting where the researcher monitors the whole process. The ideal type of this research is the naturalistic where the researcher studies spontaneous behavior and actions (Matthews & Ross, 2014). The researcher would visit the interrogation rooms and analyze the how the law enforcers treat the African Americans. The Davenport P3 strength of this research method is that it collects adequate information that would be useful in the research. The researcher will have to pilot test before doing the actual data collection. The naturalistic will be efficient because it shows how the police treat the minority groups. It gives the researcher firsthand information on what is happening on the ground. This observation would be unstructured to ensure it is done in a free and open manner (Matthews & Ross, 2014). This ensures there are no predetermined variables or objectives. Resources The first resource this research paper would use is a racial profiling journal: Perceptions of racial profiling: Race, class, and personal experience by Weitzer. It contains information about experiences and previous statistics on this topic. The second source is an article in the review of economic of economic and statistics: A new look at racial profiling: Evidence from the Boston Police Department by Antonovics and Knight. The journal contains valuable information for one to understand the reasons for racial profiling. The third is a magazine article Racial Profiling: Just What Does It Mean, And How Does It Impact Civil Rights In The United States? By Daniel Ketchum. The article explains the real state of racial profiling in the United States. Theories The first theory that would be used in this research paper is the critical race theory. The theory examines culture, society, and their intersection of race and law. They theory recognizes how racism is part of the fabric and system of the American society. Secondly, the concept of the minority and prejudice will apply in this research. These concepts will analyze how the law enforcers treat the minority groups. The final theory is Park’s race cycle. It will discuss the Davenport P4 concept of race relations about racial profiling. Besides, it will bring another perspective to understand the concept of racial profiling. References Koppelman, K. L. (2016). Understanding human differences: Multicultural education for a diverse America. Pearson. Matthews, B., & Ross, L. (2014). Research methods. Pearson Higher Ed.
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Having power is the ability to produce a consequence or act, this can be through legal
authority, right or even capacity. Policy in the other hand will be referring to a course of action
proposed or implemented by a business, individual or the government. Public policies have an
effect on the distribution of resources and the futures as well as lives of citizens of different races
and cultural believes as well as contending consigned interests. Subsequently, at every step of the
policy preparation, execution and appraisal, political forces come into play (Mays et al., 2007).
These political forces include those who try to impact the programmatic results and
policy through impacting on the government and power plans intended to affect the application
of policies and then dispersal of resources essential for the accomplishment of the program
objectives. Public policy is not framed, established and instigated on the basis of reasonableness
and facts alone but as an outcome of the interaction of cultural values, political power,
contending priorities and known realities about the complications and as well as the solutions. At
the stage of execution, allocation of funds, formation of principles, adoption of strategies and
alteration of the policy are usually an enduring battle and everchanging leagues among political,
legal as well as community groups each having their own interests (Ehrenreich, 2014).
Insistent racial disparity in employment, housing, and many other social fields has
renewed attention in the conceivable role of discrimination. And until now, contrasting the pre–
civil liberties times, a time when racial bias and discrimination were explicit and prevalent, today
discrimination is not much recognizable, posing difficulties for social scientific measurements
and conceptualization. Discrimination is mainly in the following four sectors of our lives
consumer markets, employment, housing and credit markets.
In employment, even though there have been some notable advances in the work force
standing of racial minorities, substantial differences endure. There is a double chance of African

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Americans to be jobless as whites (the Hispanics are only slightly so), and the incomes of both
and African Americans and Hispanics remain well behind those of whites. A long line of enquiry
has scrutinized the notch to which discrimination plays a part in determining modern labor
market inequalities (Ehrenreich, 2014).
In housing...


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