Sociology Survey about race?

Question

1.) How would you define the term race?

2.) What is your opinion of inter-racial relationships?

3.) Presently, which race do you think faces the most discrimination? Please explain.

4.) In America, have race relations changed in the last sixty years? (since the civil rights movement)In what ways?

5.) Open question.

Optional:

Age:

Gender:

Ethnicity:

Location:

Answer 1

1. Race is a group of people related by common decent and or heredity.

2. I believe that race plays little role in love...common race among two individuals can add to commonalities but that does not mean that they will match each other.

3. I believe all races face discrimination in their own way even the North American race.  There are many races talked about more than others such as Middle Eastern, African and Asian but that is mostly due to the media and not because people have made that decision on their own...usually media plays a significant role in which race will be picked on next.

4. Race relations have mostly changed on paper...some people do not see race anymore and treat all individuals as equal humans but there are still those who have not changed with the times and may never change.  They are also the same people who possibly teach their children the same hatred they have against races.  They may also be the ones who have moved from one racial group (African American) to another (Middle Eastern) just because one seems to be more social acceptable.

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Location: Canada

Answer 2

1. different ethnicities as a whole.

2. i have no problem with it, i think its odd sometimes when i see a white girl with a black dude or vice versa. idk why, i mean i dont dwell on it or stare or anything. i mean my moms married to a black guy. lol...

3. whites...this is the most recent thing i heard..ok so my health teacher told us of this time he performed the heimlech meneuver and a black girl yelled "was he black?", "no". "was he mexican?", "no.  "oh well you shouda jus let him die!"

4. yeah id say so, i cant nessecarily explain, but i know half my friends are black. and im not put down for it like i wouldve been back then.

16

male

white

san antonio, tx

Answer 3

1) Race is based on ethnic origin and/or skin color.

2) I'm not a huge fan of them for practical reasons, but I don't hold it against anyone if they are in one.  It's just not for me.

3) Probably Muslims at this point in time.

4) Yes, they have changed dramatically.  Minority groups that were once oppressed now have much more opportunity and equality than in the past.  Minority groups in general, and blacks in particular, need to understand that there must come a time when they just accept that the past is the past and we must now look to the future.  By clinging to these old grudges and stereotypes of whites being power hungry racists, they are perpetuating what animosity is left between the races.  Take Rev. Wright for instance...

5) Closed answer.

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Ethnic: White/Native American

Location: Florida, USA

Answer 4

1.) I would define race this way: Well, there's always like the race like 'i can run faster than you'....or there's ethnicity.  that's like what color skin you have or what your heritage is.  

2.) interracial relationships are fine...

3.)hmm that i have no idea on....maybe Hispanics in USA cause of illegal immigrants......

4.) sry can't help on that one

5.) hmmm....i am Caucasian....