Everyday Sociology Blog Janis Prince Inniss's "Asking...

Everyday Sociology Blog Janis Prince Inniss's "Asking Sociological Questions". Answer the following questions about this entry: 1. How does the sociological perspective used in this blog entry differ from the commonsense, everyday perspective that you are used to using when thinking about race and poverty? 2.This blog entry debunks a popular misconception about race and poverty. What are other misconceptions that could be debunked using sociological data and a sociological perspective.

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00:01 Hi everyone so in the given question it has been asked to explain the sociological perspective and how is it different from common sense and the biological and visualistic explanations as well so i will be first explaining about the sociological perspective and how it differs from common sense so it differs from common sense as the everyday perspective which was given in the blog that you watched talks about how it focuses on the focus of the everyday perspective is on the structural and the social forces the social forces and the structural factors okay so in this it talks about how it is more important rather than the individual explanations like the subjective explanation that people give about the situations the social and the structural factors they are more important these are more important rather than this the sociological perspective it talks about understanding of the race and the poverty which are shaped by the larger institutions and the historical context so it the sociological perspective it takes into account the social factor the societal and the social factors which contribute to the misconceptions and not only the individual explanations so there are many misconceptions by the everyday perspective it contributes to poverty and racial disparities and everyday perspective focuses solely on individual shortcomings the sociological perspective it focuses on the sociological and the systematic factors it focuses on racism discrimination inequality etc so in the following section i'll be explaining four of the misconceptions there are many more but i'll be giving a few examples so the first misconception is about poverty poverty is given to be solely a misconception of being lazy or lack of motivation that is how poverty is seen it's a misconception but the sociological perspective sociological perspective in turn sees it in a different way it says that poverty is emphasized and it is a complex interplay of many factors such as inequality it also talks about limited access to resources such as education and it also talks about the unequal distribution of resources and the discrimination this is how sociological perspective sees poverty now a second misconception about gender inequality how is this seen this is seen as being the not non -significant…

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