Required Textbook Information:
Title: Society: The Basics
Author: Macionis, John J.
Year: 2015
Edition: 13th
ISBN: 13: 978-0-205-98251-6
Directions: Pick ONE of the following questions to answer and meet the criteria below.
• Your answer needs to be at least 300 words in length.
• It must include at least one page number from our book, showing me where you found your information.
• You must also have at least one source in your answer that is NOT from the textbook. Your new source should add additional information, not found in the textbook, to the answer. You need to explain the information your found in your new source in your answer.
1. Culture shock happens even in our own communities as we confront people of other colors, cultures and class positions. Provide examples of culture shock from your own life.
2. Does the Sapir-Whorf thesis imply that people have the power to change reality by changing their symbols? What happened, for example, when people in the U.S. started using words like "African-American" rather than "Negro"? How does the meaning of "colored person" differn from "a person of color"?
3. Do you think our socity has too much ethnocentrism or too much cultural relativism? Explain and provide examples.