Category: Sociology

I have attached three article, can you please do a report for all three?
Structure: You can format your report using bullet points or paragraphs. Aim for 500 to
750 words (excluding the topic statement and article citations).
Report Guidelines: within documents

Purpose
This assignment will enable you to examine some of the underlying reasons why certain problems persist even though their harmful effects and remedies are well known. This lesson is in line with the assertion that what is a social problem for some people is beneficial to others.
Directions
The initial post and the comments have different due dates. Please pay attention to the different due dates.
Part 1: Initial Response
In your post, identify and explain 1 (one) reason why alcohol and tobacco consumption are permitted on such a grand scale in the United States even though both drugs are the cause of thousands of deaths each year. It is important to provide supporting evidence for your claims. Create a title that reflects the specific reason being examined.
Part 2: Comments
Reply to one post by a fellow student. The reply must be substantive by adding more knowledge or raising critical questions and answers to stretch our knowledge.
Submission
Post your initial response by clicking the Reply button below, and then participate in the discussion. You can find the discussion forum by clicking the Discussions link in Course Navigation as well.
Grading
This assignment is worth 20 points toward your course grade. Your initial posting is worth 15 points and the one (1) reply is worth 5 points. This assignment will be graded according to the following Discussion Forum Grading Criteria:
SOC 268 Discussion 3 Grading RubricGrading CriteriaPoints
Initial Response:
Clearly identifies and explains the significant variable relevant to forum topic(s).
Clearly provides the required supporting empirical evidence.
12 points
Comments to one (1) other student’s posting. 5 points
Uses APA Style to cite and to reference sources. Free of grammatical and spelling errors.

Read textbookch6 and follow instructions below
Using Chapter 6 from Desmond and Emibayer, address the following questions:
How are hustling and white collar crime a reflection of the economic disadvantage and advantages, respectively?
What conditions contribute to poor women, immigrant women, and minority women’s vulnerability to domestic violence, and/or difficulty seeking assistance from domestic violence?

Read articles and follow the instructions below
These response papers should be written in Times New Roman 12 size font. The assignment
must be single spaced and be no less than 1 page with 1-inch margins. One full page does not
include papers that have excessive spacing, double spaced name and class information, or any
sort of manipulation of spacing. When you do the assignment correctly, it is more than likely
your paper will be closer to 1.5 pages.
Each response paper should engage with all readings and include analysis. By analysis, I expect
you to make connections between the readings and point out broader themes. You may also bring
into your analysis current events that speak to themes in the readings and weekly topic. If you are
confused about what is considered an analysis, do ask questions.
At the end of the response paper, 4 discussion questions should be included. These questions can
be ones that you think would stimulate class discussion and/or a question you have pertaining to
the reading or topic. These papers are graded as 0, 1, or 2 points

Question Prompts for Documentary Film Analysis
(Based off of a worksheet developed by TeachWithMovies.com)
Please note that you do not have to respond to every question. Address the questions that make most sense to you. Remember to include analysis and not simply a summary.
Read the questions before you watch the film so that you will know what to look for while you watch. It is preferable to respond to the questions once the film is over so that you keep your attention on the film’s story.
Briefly describe what the film is about and the position that it advocates.
Describe the progression of the film: how it begins, what stages it passes through, and how it concludes.
List six facts described in the film that impressed you and explain how each fact relates to the film’s premise or theme.
In your own words, what techniques did the filmmakers use to convince you of the position that the film supports?
Describe the reasoning the film outlines in support of the position advocated by the film? Was it strong, weak, convincing, misleading? Describe the argument put forward in the film and why you thought the reasoning was either strong or weak.
Describe any cinematic moments presented in particular scenes, images, or sounds that you felt were the most compelling and convincing.
If the filmmakers asked how this film could be improved, what would you tell them? Describe the changes you would suggest in detail.
Did the film change your mind about any aspect of the subject that it presents? What information, argument or persuasive technique caused you to change your mind?
Please watch video https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/a-song-for-cesar-about-the-documentary/28373/

After reading “Disparities in Health and Health Care 5 Key Questions and Answers | KFF.pdf” Please answer the following:
In your own words tell me what you think “health disparity” or Health Inequality means.
Health disparities are driven by numerous social and economic Inequities. Please tell me which you think has the greatest impact on health (and health disparities) and why? Please back up your assertion with research or statistics.
Which races, even after the passage of the affordable care act, are most likely to be uninsured and/or locked out of health care?
How does COVID-19 and its variants impact races differently? Why are racial minorities more likely to get and die from COVID?
How has the current administration attempted to improve things?

After reading “Implicit Bias and Racial Disparities in Health Care.pdf” Please answer the following:
1. If “black” Americans had the same quality of insurance, made the same amount of money, and were exposed to pollutants about the same as “white” Americans would they live as long as each other? Why or why not?
2. Please list (in bullet format) the various ways that black receive lesser care by physicians than other races?
3. What is implicit bias and how does it play a role in healthcare (particular regarding physicians)?
After reading “U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective” and “Reducing disparities in Health Care” please answer the following:
1. How is the U.S. life expectancy doing compared to other most industrialized nations? Why? What factors make this so?
2. Is throwing money at the problem of health care disparities the answer? Why or why not?

You should read the outside materials on Drugs prior to completing this discussion board (Why we should not decriminalize marijuana & FAQs from the National Drug Control Policy (White House Committee). You also need to watch the CNN documentary on Marijuana use. Now I want you to do your own research on why we SHOULD legalize it (even if you don’t agree with it).
1. What was the best source you found for legalizing marijuana?

2. What is the best argument for legalizing Marijuana?

3. What are some of the compelling reasons to legalize marijuana from the documentary?

4. What are some of the compelling reasons to making it illegal?

5. You will note that advocates for legalization point out that 40% of Americans have tried marijuana and opponents point out that only about 10% of Americans are currently using marijuana. How do you reconcile these two statistics and why is each side using them? Do most Americans favor legalization?

6. Which states currently have some type of reform about marijuana use and what are they (you could do this in chart format or bullet).

7. Finally, what was your opinion on the subject coming into the class and where do you stand on it now? Should there be reform and if so how? Would you increase medicinal use, place an age limit on it, totally ban it, etc.)? If you were Matt and Page Figgy and lived in a state where medicinal use was illegal would you have your child still use cannibas?

Question Prompts for Documentary Film Analysis
(Based off of a worksheet developed by TeachWithMovies.com)
Please note that you do not have to respond to every question. Address the questions that make most sense to you. Remember to include analysis and not simply a summary.
Read the questions before you watch the film so that you will know what to look for while you watch. It is preferable to respond to the questions once the film is over so that you keep your attention on the film’s story.
Briefly describe what the film is about and the position that it advocates.
Describe the progression of the film: how it begins, what stages it passes through, and how it concludes.
List six facts described in the film that impressed you and explain how each fact relates to the film’s premise or theme.
In your own words, what techniques did the filmmakers use to convince you of the position that the film supports?
Describe the reasoning the film outlines in support of the position advocated by the film? Was it strong, weak, convincing, misleading? Describe the argument put forward in the film and why you thought the reasoning was either strong or weak.
Describe any cinematic moments presented in particular scenes, images, or sounds that you felt were the most compelling and convincing.
If the filmmakers asked how this film could be improved, what would you tell them? Describe the changes you would suggest in detail.
Did the film change your mind about any aspect of the subject that it presents? What information, argument or persuasive technique caused you to change your mind?
Please watch video https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/a-song-for-cesar-about-the-documentary/28373/

After reading “Disparities in Health and Health Care 5 Key Questions and Answers | KFF.pdf” Please answer the following:
In your own words tell me what you think “health disparity” or Health Inequality means.
Health disparities are driven by numerous social and economic Inequities. Please tell me which you think has the greatest impact on health (and health disparities) and why? Please back up your assertion with research or statistics.
Which races, even after the passage of the affordable care act, are most likely to be uninsured and/or locked out of health care?
How does COVID-19 and its variants impact races differently? Why are racial minorities more likely to get and die from COVID?
How has the current administration attempted to improve things?

After reading “Implicit Bias and Racial Disparities in Health Care.pdf” Please answer the following:
1. If “black” Americans had the same quality of insurance, made the same amount of money, and were exposed to pollutants about the same as “white” Americans would they live as long as each other? Why or why not?
2. Please list (in bullet format) the various ways that black receive lesser care by physicians than other races?
3. What is implicit bias and how does it play a role in healthcare (particular regarding physicians)?
After reading “U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective” and “Reducing disparities in Health Care” please answer the following:
1. How is the U.S. life expectancy doing compared to other most industrialized nations? Why? What factors make this so?
2. Is throwing money at the problem of health care disparities the answer? Why or why not?

You should read the outside materials on Drugs prior to completing this discussion board (Why we should not decriminalize marijuana & FAQs from the National Drug Control Policy (White House Committee). You also need to watch the CNN documentary on Marijuana use. Now I want you to do your own research on why we SHOULD legalize it (even if you don’t agree with it).
1. What was the best source you found for legalizing marijuana?

2. What is the best argument for legalizing Marijuana?

3. What are some of the compelling reasons to legalize marijuana from the documentary?

4. What are some of the compelling reasons to making it illegal?

5. You will note that advocates for legalization point out that 40% of Americans have tried marijuana and opponents point out that only about 10% of Americans are currently using marijuana. How do you reconcile these two statistics and why is each side using them? Do most Americans favor legalization?

6. Which states currently have some type of reform about marijuana use and what are they (you could do this in chart format or bullet).

7. Finally, what was your opinion on the subject coming into the class and where do you stand on it now? Should there be reform and if so how? Would you increase medicinal use, place an age limit on it, totally ban it, etc.)? If you were Matt and Page Figgy and lived in a state where medicinal use was illegal would you have your child still use cannibas?