Explain Theodore Roosevelt′s statement: ″I took the Panama Canal and let Congress debate.″ Why was the Panama Canal important to the U.S.?
What is racial profiling? Provide examples of how law enforcement, government officials and/or ordinary citizens use racial profiling in the aftermath of 9/11. (review Arizona case). How might the contact hypothesis remedy profiling? Discuss various ethnocentric practices historically used by those in power that have contributed to prejudicial attitudes towards racial and minority groups. What is the social construction of race? Provide a symbolic interactionist perspective. How can this concept (social construction of race) be applied to Americans from multiple racial backgrounds? Define the term model minority. Discuss which minority group is perceived as living up to that image. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being a model minority.
Describe sociology’s structural/institutional approach to understanding racial inequality. What is it? What sort of evidence does it rely on? What does this perspective contribute to our understanding of inequality?
Review the Resources and reflect on the web article Big Data Means Big Potential, Challenges for Nurse Execs. Reflect on your own experience with complex health information access and management and consider potential challenges and risks you may have experienced or observed. By Day 3 of Week 4 Post a description of at least one potential benefit of using big data as part of a clinical system and explain why. Then, describe at least one potential challenge or risk of using big data as part of a clinical system and explain why. Propose at least one strategy you have experienced, observed, or researched that may effectively mitigate the challenges or risks of using big data you described.
Explain the role of political institutions in the victory of Mr. Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential elections!
