I will never forget the moment in my sociology class when the professor dropped a bombshell: “Race has no biological basis. Let’s uncover how race and ethnicity are socially constructed
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I will never forget the moment in my sociology class when the professor dropped a bombshell: “Race has no biological basis. Let’s uncover how race and ethnicity are socially constructed
Continue readingYou know what flipped my whole perspective on gender upside down? A chat with my younger cousin last month. She casually mentioned friends who identify as gender fluid, and it
Continue readingFind out how companion robots are becoming more than gadgets; they’re reshaping our understanding of loneliness and human connection. Watching my elderly neighbor chat with her companion robot shifted something
Continue readingUnderstanding how social class and religious values intertwine is key to decoding modern voting blocs and building real political bridges. Remember that last election? Man, the conversations were wild. Back
Continue readingWalking through my neighborhood yesterday, I heard snippets of three different languages before I even reached the corner store. It hit me, not for the first time, how incredibly mixed
Continue readingWhy Your Outfit Choices Reveal More About Society Than You Think. Standing in front of my closet this morning, I caught myself making the same calculation I make every day
Continue readingI still remember the first time I realized my grandmother’s cooking was not just about feeding the family. Watching her prepare Sunday dinner, methodically layering flavors that had been passed
Continue readingExplore the root causes of income inequality and wealth gaps affecting economic mobility.I remember sitting in my college economics class, watching my professor draw supply and demand curves on the
Continue readingWhen I first told my family I was majoring in sociology , my uncle asked if I planned to become a social worker. My grandmother wondered if I would end
Continue readingSocial inequality has become one of those topics that makes people uncomfortable at dinner parties. I learned this the hard way last month when I brought up income disparity during
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