The Assignment on Sociology Of Racism

Running head: SOCIOLOGY OF RACISM
Sociology of racism
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Research Aim...............................................................................................................................2
Social Theories related with racism: Literature review...................................................................2
Critical Analysis..............................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References:......................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The social order of the human civilization is distinguished based on various kinds of
discriminations. Although, all human beings are considered to be equal and similar to each other,
with the growth of civilization and communities, people started to draw an imaginary boundary
around them which led them to distinguish themselves from the others of the society (Elias &
Feagin, 2016). In this context, various social discriminations arose in the nature of gender
discrimination, racial distinctions and class differences. All of them have the potential to
subjugate one particular community of the society in relation with the other communities of the
same society (Lentin, 2016). Thus, in this context, it is important to note that such
discriminations are a form of social evil as they give the power to particular individuals to
indulge in unequal treatment and unfair conduct with the vulnerable groups of the society
(Trepagnier, 2017). The social distinction of race is one of the most concerning discrimination
which is made even in the contemporary world of equality and liberty. It seeks to differentiate
amongst the individuals based on their skin tone and ancestral heritage (Eschmann, 2017).
Thesis Statement
The purpose of this research paper is to understand how the issue of race and racism took
a hold in the society and how, as a consequence, it has changed the form of human interaction
between the white’ ethnic population and the ‘black’ ethnic population based on their skin tone.
Social Theories related with racism: Literature review
In order to understand the issue of racism, there is first a need to understand how the
issue of racism came in to existence. It is primarily a sociological concept which means that the
aspect of racism took birth within the society as a result of the efforts of the human population.

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The sociological critical analysis of the term ‘race’ is found to have its base in the post-colonial
theory and within the ideas of social psychology and social stratification (Smith et al. 2018). This
shows that there is an idea that the individuals believe that they are differentiated from the
‘others’ of the society based on their race and ethnicity.
As stated by White III & Fennell (2017), one of the classical theorists who was the first
one to advocate the sociology of race was Du Bois of the twentieth century. He was able to pin
point the area from which the issue of racism came to the fore front. During the colonial days,
the imperial masters of the European continent wanted to expand their trade and commerce with
the hope of accumulating more profit margin in the form of monetary resources. However, as
argued by Dovidio et al. (2017), due to the complete utilization of their own native markets, they
needed more territories outside of their country. As a result, they turned their eyes to the under
developed nation countries of the eastern hemisphere of the world which were still in their
formation stage. According to Golash-Boza (2016), they did not have a strong form of
government and its native people were divided amongst themselves for the control of their own
natural resources. The imperial masters of the western powers sought to capitalize on this
disunity and colonized the native countries of the under developed world. These regions, termed
as ‘colonies’.
As opined by Zienkowski (2019), the control of the colonies were justified by the
imperial masters on the basis that they were barbarians in nature since they did not have any
form of self-government. From this theorization, the sociological idea of race took birth were the
‘white’ ethnic population came to regard the ‘black’ individuals of the colonized world to be
uneducated and not self-reliant. Thus, according to Elias & Feagin (2016), what started as a need