Race and Ethnicity: Understanding the Sociological Imagination

Making sense of society: the
socialogical Imagination

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Race and ethnicity refer to the term which divides the human species into several groups.
These groups are based on different categories like facial features, type of hair, skin, color, and
many more. These are the ones on which different images of society depend which creates
differentiation between human beings. This report aims to understand the experience and
significance of race or ethnicity along with family. In this report, there is a discussion about the
academic literature related to the theme. There is also an example from personal life which can
relate to a discussion regarding race or ethnicity of family. There is also a discussion on how
structure and agency can influence shall in personal life (Ratna, 2018).
MAIN BODY
Identification of theme emerging from family history
Mr. Matthew has a family history which is a significant experience of the theme that is race
and family. Races and relative to the physical difference between a skin color which is generally
can be seen in the UK. This is the one that identifies two different groups of people who served
their life with a different race is black and white. Mr. Mathew belongs to a poor and village
family which creates different ethnicity in society. Our society is the one who is there to create
the sociological imagination about people that they have no standard of living and better
expectation of life.
Ethnicity refers to a social group of person who belongs to our society. It identifies with
as a result of a mix of cultures along with different language, religion, physical, features, diet
which is associated with race. This is the one in which society people making a difference
between human beings. Generally, there is a difference between white and black. This is one of
the biggest problems concerning ethnicity is there in the UK. The UK is fighting for many years
and they are getting a little bit of success but not much. There are different classification of
ethnicities like white, black, mixed, Asian, Chinese, and others. These are the category which is
formed based on national statics. Ethnicity statics, there are several academic which has pointed
about the ethnicity classification and relation to official statistics in the UK since 1991. This is
the one that involves confusion between ethnicity and race (Saha, 2017).
There is different imagination in society about the sociological difference in the concept
of race and ethnicity. This is the idea of the majority and a different group to provide social