Research Topic 

You will submit a research paper based on a topic of interest surrounding race and ethnicity, social change, or both. This research paper will be at least five pages in length and consist of information from at least four peer reviewed, scholarly articles to be retrieved from the CSU Online Library.  

This Unit II assignment is the first step towards completing your research paper. For this submission, you will need to find a topic of interest related to race and ethnicity, social change, or both. You may come up with a topic of your own, or choose from the list below: 

• white privilege,
• hate crime,
• affirmative action,
• segregation,
• immigration,
• social movements, or
• relative deprivation.

Once you have chosen your topic, you will need to log into the CSU Online Library and search for one peer-reviewed scholarly article that discusses your topic of interest.  

In a Word document, submit your topic of interest, tell how it relates to race and ethnicity or social change, and explain what you hope to learn from this topic. You will also provide a brief summary of the article.  

Your research topic submission and article summary must be at least one page in length. Use APA format for in-text citations and references. 

Scholarly Activity 

This unit asks you to think about your own culture in terms of norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors. The unit also asks you to think about those agents of socialization most closely related to various aspects of culture. For this assignment, you are asked to think about the same issues as they apply to another culture. 

Choose a culture you know nothing about. Go online to research this group and answer the following questions about their culture and socialization. 

1. In a paragraph, introduce the cultural group you researched online. Be sure to give the location of the group, why you chose the group, and what you hope to learn.  2. In one to two paragraphs, describe three interesting aspects about this culture. Choose something about their everyday life (folkway), something about their religion (value), and something about their biggest taboo (more).  3. Discuss the agents of socialization involved in the transmission of the three interesting aspects you chose.  4. Finally, how does each of these aspects affect the development of self for members of the group? 

Be sure to think and write sociologically, using correct terminology and being objective. Your paper must be at least one page in length, double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12-pt. font. Use the indicated rubric to guide your work. Use appropriate APA in-text citations and provide a reference page.