For this assignment, consider the racial and ethnic categories used in the 2020

For this assignment, consider the racial and ethnic
categories used in the 2020 Census with the four racial, ethnic, and gender
categories used in the 1790 Census: Free white males, free white females, all
other free persons, slaves (Pew Research Center, 2015). Analyze the concepts of
race, ethnicity, and gender as social constructs, just as sociologists do, by
addressing the following:
Explain
how you might have been categorized by the 1790 Census and how you would
have been categorized by the 2020 Census.
Compare
and contrast the two potential categorizations and explain how this
exercise shows that the concepts of race, ethnicity, and even gender
change over time. Most importantly, explain how this exercise shows that
the concepts of race, ethnicity, and gender are social constructs.
Determine
and describe what ethnic, racial, and/or gender categories, if any, would
be best, in your view, for the 2030 Census, to most accurately show the
diversity of the U.S. population and to promote social justice. What categories
would be best to reveal the segments of the U. S. population most
vulnerable to racial, ethnic, and/or gender inequalities or
discrimination? What categories could be listed in the 2030 Census that
might best educate the U. S. population on differences between race and
ethnicity, and promote social justice? Explain your decisions
Include headings for each of the three main sections of the
paper:
What
the Census Might Have Called Me
Social
Constructs
Better
Future Census Categories
Each of the three main sections of your paper must contain
scholarly support in the form of quotes or paraphrases with respective
citations from assigned reading (the textbook/lesson) and the
outside scholarly source that you identify on your own.
*This assignment is adapted from Glaser (2018).
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length:
3-4 pages (not including references page)
1-inch
margins
Double
spaced
12-point
Times New Roman font
Page
number in the upper right of all pages
Minimum
of 3 headings (centered, bold, & title case)
Parenthetical
in-text citations included and formatted in APA style
References
page