What is the sociological imagination (SI)? List some benefits of the SI. Provide

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What is the sociological imagination (SI)? List some benefits of the SI. Provide specific examples of how applying the SI to your daily life benefits you. What consequences might arise if you fail to use this way of thinking? What major historical/social events have influenced the biographies of people in your generation? In your parent’s generation? In your grandparents generation? What does this say about the influence of social forces and history on biography?

Say you are a white, young female who is Catholic, write down what messages you would have received from your families about these statuses. For example, what does it mean to be White? Catholic? A young woman? Then write down what you think “other people” think about people with your status? How is the Sociological Imagination useful in this discussion?

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sociological imagination means awarness of relationship between personal experiences and outer society

it is all based on what we do and how we percept the society to be. there are many rituals going on in the society some motivate us to do work and some stops us from living the way we want to live

it hinders our freedom. for example we want to live self independent life but this was not the thing when our grandparents was there.

industrial revolution and change in percapita income made two sections of society one who are very rich and other a weaker one. the rich start feeling different perspect which gives us a new definition of society , so it is all depend on us

in america there was a phase when white means you are superior to the other races there and you have a leverage over the darker section. you were suppose to be superior race of humans but things have chaneg now. society has become more open minded and is giving chances to all the people equally

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