Soc-100 Short-Answer Quiz: Race And Ethnicity

Soc-100 Short-Answer Quiz Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Soc-100 Short-Answer Quiz Question 1 Race and ethnicity have a common ancestry but they have several differences. Race is basically a unit of heredity. Due to this reason, a person can have only one race. On the other hand, ethnicity has no limit or boundaries on the affected individuals. This implies that one can be a Caucasian but this does not prevent the person from having an English or a Dutch background. Race and class have always been playing a role in the United States because of the way the systems in the United States work. An example is that the taxes in the US are set according to classes. On the other hand, race depends on who you are or how you can be treated because in most of the times and places, people always face discrimination because of their race. Question 2 One of the most annoying discrimination that I faced was at a casino where I once worked at. This was from one of the guests that I served. I used to work at a buffet and one customer was trying to rush another customer who was paying with small bills. The guest who was paying for the bills had a different color but spoke perfect English and the ones rushing him were a white couple. The couple shouted at the guest and spoke bad things about his race. Although the guest did not shout back at them, I noticed that the guest was really offended. The manager tries to get in and tell them to stop what they were doing but the coupe got offended an...