In sociology Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—that uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social activity, often with the goal of applying such knowledge to the pursuit of social welfare. Subject matter, a white male is a male Male refers to the sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually member of the White White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin. Rather than a straightforward description of skin color, the term white also functions as a color term for race, often referring narrowly to people claiming ancestry exclusively from Europe ethnic group, which includes people of European The European peoples are the various nations and ethnic groups of Europe. European ethnology is the field of anthropology focusing on Europe descent. In the United States ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language, whites make up a majority of the population and this demographic group also accounts for the majority of the nation's "elite" -- meaning highly educated, wealthy individuals who hold top positions in the government and the business world.[1] This can be seen as resulting from a combination of complex factors, which are the subject of academic study.

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Race and gender

Cultures universally evolved different roles for males and females.[citation needed] White men The term man is used for an adult human male (the term boy is the usual term for a human male child or adolescent). However, man is sometimes used to refer to humanity as a whole. Sometimes it is also used to identify a male human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "men's rights" have traditionally had a monopoly on senior political positions in the United States and, along with some males in racial minority groups, continue to hold a majority of senior political positions today.

Prosperity and status

White males have been shown to be hired and earn more promotions than female and minority candidates.[2].

As the largest group in the United States, white males continue to make up the largest portion of the nation's elites The American upper class describes the sociological concept pertaining to the "top layer" of society in the United States. This social class is most commonly described as consisting of those with great wealth and power and may also be referred to as the Capitalist Class or simply as The Rich. Persons of this class commonly have immense.[3][4][5] European-American males dominate the demographic composition of the population of the United States, the US congress and many of the nation's boardrooms and may well continue to face enhanced life chances as a result of many generations of higher education and hard work, unlike some of the other ethnic groups.[1]

Income

In 2005, white males over the age of 25 had the second highest mean There are other statistical measures that use samples that some people confuse with averages - including 'median' and 'mode'. Other simple statistical analyses use measures of spread, such as range, interquartile range, or standard deviation. For a real-valued random variable X, the mean is the expectation of X. Note that not every probability and median In probability theory and statistics, a median is described as the numeric value separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one. If there is income, behind Asian males over the age of 25. [6]

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References

  1. ^ a b Thompson, William; Joseph Hickey (2005). Society in Focus. Boston, MA: Pearson. 0-205-41365-X.
  2. ^ Hine, Darlene; William C. Hine, Stanley Harrold (2006). The African American Odyssey. Boston, MA: Pearson. 0-12-182217-3.
  3. ^ "Mother Jones, the Changing Power Elite, 1998". http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1998/03/zweigenhaft.html. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
  4. ^ "US Census Bureau, Household income distribution, 2005". http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/hhinc/new06_000.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
  5. ^ a b "US Census Bureau, Personal Income for Asian American males". http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new03_152.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
  6. ^ "US Census Bureau, Personal income forum, Age 25+, 2005". http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new03_000.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
  7. ^ "US Census Bureau, Personal Income distribution, Age 25+, 2005". http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new03_001.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  8. ^ "US Census Bureau, Personal Income of White American Males, Age 25+, 2005". http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new03_129.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  9. ^ "US Census Bureau, Personal Income of non-Hispanic White Males, Age 25+, 2005". http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new03_130.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
  10. ^ "US Census Bureau, Personal Income for Black American males". http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new03_132.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  11. ^ "US Census Bureau, Personal Income of White American Females, Age 25+, 2005". http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new03_255.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
White people White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin. Rather than a straightforward description of skin color, the term white also functions as a color term for race, often referring narrowly to people claiming ancestry exclusively from Europe
European peoples · Caucasian race The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the indigenous populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. Historically, the term has been used to describe the entire population of these regions, without regard necessarily to skin tone. In common use,
European diaspora Emigration from Europe began on a large scale during the European colonial empires of the 17th to 19th centuries. This concerns especially the Spanish Empire in the 16th to 17th centuries , the British Empire in the 18th to 19th centuries (expansion of the Anglosphere) and the Russian Empire in the 19th century (expansion to Central Asia and the European Australian · White African · White American 2nd row: Ben Franklin · Amelia Earhart · John F. Kennedy · Elizabeth Kortright Monroe · Samuel Alito/European American A European American is a citizen or resident of the United States who has origins in any of the original peoples of Europe. This includes people via African, North American, Caribbean, Central American or South American and Oceanian nations which have a large European diaspora · Non-Hispanic Whites · White Hispanic and Latino Americans White Hispanic or White Latino Americans are White Americans of European origin · White Latin American White Latin Americans are the white population of Latin America. They are the descendants of 15th–19th century colonial-era settlers and of post-independence immigrants who came principally in the late decades of the nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth centuries. The original settlers were mostly Spanish and Portuguese. The millions of · New Zealand European The term New Zealand European refers to New Zealanders of European descent who identify as New Zealand Europeans rather than some other ethnic group. Most European New Zealanders are of British and Irish ancestry, with smaller percentages of other European ancestries such as French, Dutch, Scandinavian and South Slav
Cultural phenomena White flight White flight is the sociologic and demographic term denoting a trend wherein whites flee urban communities as the minority population increases, and move to other places like commuter towns. Although an American coinage, “white flight” denotes like behavior in other countries. In many mixed-race cities in the U.S., the Brown v. Board of · White guilt White guilt refers to the concept of individual or collective guilt often said to be felt by some White people for the racist treatment of people of color by Whites both historically and presently. The term is generally used in a pejorative way · white supremacy Crime of apartheid · CERD · CEDAW · CDE · ILO C111 · ILO C100 · ILO C169 · Protocol No. 12 ECHR · Missing white woman syndrome Missing white woman syndrome is a vernacular term for the alleged disproportionately greater degree of coverage in television, radio, and print news reporting of a misfortune, most often a missing person case, involving a young, attractive white woman, compared with cases concerning a missing male, or missing persons of other races or classes. The · Skin whitening Skin lightening or whitening is a controversial topic as it is closely intertwined with the detrimental effects on health, identity, self image, racial supremacy and colonial mentality. There is evidence to suggest that some types of skin-whitening products use active ingredients which can be harmful · Whiteness in Japanese culture · Foreign language terms
Historical terms The White Man's Burden "The White Man's Burden" is a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. It was originally published in the popular magazine McClure's in 1899, with the subtitle The United States and the Philippine Islands. Although Kipling's poem mixed exhortation to empire with sober warnings of the costs involved, imperialists within the United States · Play the white man · First white child · Redlegs Redlegs was a term used to refer to the class of poor whites that lived on colonial Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and a few other Caribbean islands. In Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago they are known as "Bakras" . Many of these people were English, Irish, or Scottish, and had originally arrived on Barbados in the early to mid 17 · Honorary whites
Stereotypes Acting white In the United States, acting white is a pejorative term usually applied to African-Americans, although also within other non-white Latinos or Hispanics, which refers to a person's perceived betrayal of their culture by assuming the social expectations of white society. Success in education in particular can be seen as a form of selling out by · Angry white male · Master race The master race (German: die Herrenrasse, das Herrenvolk ) was a concept thought up in the United States and adopted as Nazi ideology which holds that the Aryan Races (including the Nordic peoples), one of the branches of what in the late 19th and early 20th century was called the Aryan race, represent an ideal and "pure race". It
Taxonomy Human skin color Human skin color can range from almost black to nearly colorless (appearing pinkish white due to the blood vessels under the skin). Skin color is determined primarily by the amount and type of melanin. Variations in skin color are mainly genetic in origin · Color terminology for race In most societies[dubious – discuss] and by some anthropologists, color terminology was used to label races, sometimes in addition to a non-color term for the same race. Identifying races in terms of their skin color has been common since at least the Physiognomica falsely attributed to Aristotle · US definitions · White Anglo-Saxon Protestant White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, commonly abbreviated to the acronym WASP, is a sociological and cultural ethnonym that originated in the United States and Canada · White male
As identity politics Identity politics refers to political arguments that focus upon the self interest and perspectives of social minorities, or self-identified social interest groups. Not all members of any given group are necessarily involved in identity politics White pride · White nationalism White nationalism is a political ideology which advocates a racial definition of national identity for white people, and a separate all-white nation state. White separatism and white supremacism are subgroups within white nationalism. The former seek a separate white nation state, while the latter add ideas from social Darwinism and National
Critical race theory Critical Race Theory began as a response to critical legal studies. The earliest writings on Critical Race Theory can be traced to the works of Derrick Bell in the 1960s. CRT is concerned with racism, racial subordination and discrimination. It emphasizes the socially constructed nature of race and considers judicial conclusions to be the result Whiteness studies Whiteness studies is an interdisciplinary arena of academic inquiry focused on the cultural, historical and sociological aspects of people identified as white, and the social construction of whiteness as an ideology tied to social status. Pioneers in the field include Ruth Frankenberg , author and literary critic Toni Morrison (Playing in the Dark: · White privilege

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