Race, gender, class - these are some of the key concepts in sociology and usually the central ways people are stereotyped, classified, and stratified. Notice how race, gender, and class come together in the Valois cafeteria. Well, some people just don't like their second-class status and are going to do something about it. Let's see how various groups have decided to bring about change in a society, how people organize to resist the dominant structures of a culture. But so have conservative movements to control immigration.
Social change can come from either direction.
Consider how people give meaning to disease, to sexuality, to crime. Some argue biology, others look to psychological explanations. We'll use our sociological perspective to evaluate current issues that challenge our culture's basic values, meanings, and assumptions. We got this far and we've learned all the basic concepts of viewing the world sociologically. Now its your turn.