Discuss how the increasing diversity of the U.S. population can be an opportunity rather than a detriment.
Discuss how the increasing diversity of the U.S. population can be an opportunity rather than a detriment. Reflect on the benefits of diversity, for individuals, for society, and for institutions like the workplace, the health care system, and the educational system.
Diversity can create challenges for society as well as opportunities. In your opinion, what social issue do you think is the most likely to cause hostility along racial, ethnic, or gender lines? Which sociological theory covered in Chapter 1 of the Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class text can help us understand why this issue occurs?
Describe how the social issue you have chosen above should be addressed. Reflect on whether potential solutions need to be micro-based (directed toward the individual) or macro-based (directed toward society as a whole), or perhaps a combination of both approaches.
Create a one page essay in APA format according to the instructions above. Use 3 academic sources in total for references in which 1 will be given to you. Be sure to utilize in-text citations.
The source given to you: Healey, J. F. (2011). Race, ethnicity, gender, and class: the sociology of group conflict and change (7th ed.). Los Angeles: Pine Forge Press.
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