Questions:
• List at least one instance when you read about, heard about, or experienced discrimination (not prejudice) based on race. Briefly explain the experience. (If needed, check the definitions of discrimination and prejudicein the Glossary in the back of the textbook.).
• What were the consequences, if any, of the discrimination to the one being discriminated against and the one doing the discrimination? Do you think the consequences were justified? Explain.
• What would have to change in our society for us to be a truly multicultural society? Explain.
• Explain how the sociological perspectives would explain discrimination. Be certain to use all three major sociological theories individually -- functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism -- in your discussion.