Conspicuous consumption: in what ways do Americans and especially African Americans practice conspicuous consumption?

Conspicuous consumption In what ways do Americans and especially African Americans practice conspicuous consumption? How much, if at all, do you think the amount and forms of conspicuous consumption vary by gender? By race-ethnicity? By class? By region? By age? What are some of the ways that you engage in acts of conspicuous consumption, and … Read more

Discuss the different trends in congress and what you think it means for the representation of citizens in the House and Senate?does it matter if members of congress look like most Americans?

Descriptive representation is a way of thinking about representation in which it is thought to be important that representatives have the same racial, gender, ethnic, religious, or educational backgrounds as their constituents. Review how Congress has changed over time with respect to race, gender, veteran status, education, and religion in the Pew Research articles “The … Read more

Do you agree with this point?what boundaries should exist to those interventions?explain.

Look at Henry David Thoreau’s “Resistance to Civil Government.” He claims that it is not just our right as Americans, but it is also our duty to defy unjust laws.Part of the American identity involves intervening in the face of injustice. Do you agree with this point? What boundaries should exist to those interventions?Explain. Criteria: … Read more